How to Change Default Eclipse Preferences

  1. Open a clean install of Eclipse and configure it from top to bottom.
  2. Export all preferences to an .epf file.
  3. Edit the resulting .epf file to remove the /instance/ prefix from all property names.
  4. Rename the .epf to preferences.ini and put it into <your_path>/eclipse.
    1. Launch Eclipse with -plugincustomization preferences.ini.
    2. Add to eclipse.ini before -vmargs:
      -pluginCustomization
      <your_path>/eclipse/preferences.ini