I downloaded and installed STS 3.8.2 on my Mac (10.12.1). Each time the STS.app file is launched, it creates a new org.springsource.sts_3.8.2.RELEASE _ ######## _ macosx_cocoa_x86_64 folder in the hidden .eclipse folder (hashes because I have a lot of the same the hash folder itself is the only difference). In this case, the standard workspace and all the plug-ins that I installed the last time it was launched are destroyed (because they exist in the previous folder ####).
I tried installing the previous versions 3.8.1 and 3.8.0, but they do the same. My previous STS installation started from version 3.7 and was updated to 3.8.1, but will no longer be updated due to update errors that I cannot fix (none of the StackOverflow fixes worked for me).
Is there a way to prevent STS from creating a new folder (instance) in the .eclipse folder every time it starts? If so, how?
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