Knime won't start after update

Knime doesn’t startup after I upgraded it and exited.

I am getting “An error has occured. See the log file .metadata/.log”.

After searching for the errors in the log file with past cases on this site it looked like many offered adding a -clean to the front of the ini file. I’ve added this and am still receiving the same error.

Log file is below:

!SESSION 2020-11-05 17:19:30.509 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=unknown
java.version=1.8.0_252
java.vendor=AdoptOpenJDK
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64 -clean

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2020-11-05 17:19:55.722
!MESSAGE An error occurred while automatically activating bundle org.eclipse.core.resources (434).
!STACK 0
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exception in org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin.start() of bundle org.eclipse.core.resources.
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:863)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:791)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle.startWorker0(EquinoxBundle.java:1015)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle$EquinoxModule.startWorker(EquinoxBundle.java:365)
at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.doStart(Module.java:603)
at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:467)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:493)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.hooks.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:117)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.classpath.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:571)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.findLocalClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:346)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:398)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.sources.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackage.java:41)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:473)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:171)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.plugin.EcorePlugin.getWorkspaceRoot(EcorePlugin.java:1149)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.PlatformResourceURIHandlerImpl.getWorkspaceRoot(PlatformResourceURIHandlerImpl.java:488)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.PlatformResourceURIHandlerImpl.(PlatformResourceURIHandlerImpl.java:456)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.URIHandler.(URIHandler.java:51)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ExtensibleURIConverterImpl.(ExtensibleURIConverterImpl.java:138)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ResourceSetImpl.getURIConverter(ResourceSetImpl.java:499)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ResourceSetImpl.getResource(ResourceSetImpl.java:369)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ResourceHandler.getResource(ResourceHandler.java:287)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ResourceHandler.loadResource(ResourceHandler.java:263)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ResourceHandler.loadMostRecentModel(ResourceHandler.java:169)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.loadApplicationModel(E4Application.java:384)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createE4Workbench(E4Application.java:260)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:579)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:338)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:557)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:154)
at org.knime.product.rcp.KNIMEApplication.start(KNIMEApplication.java:174)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:203)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:137)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:107)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:401)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:255)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:657)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:594)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1447)
Caused by: org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException: Incompatible file format. Workspace was saved with an incompatible version: 0.
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.WorkspaceTreeReader.getReader(WorkspaceTreeReader.java:62)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.WorkspaceTreeReader.getReader(WorkspaceTreeReader.java:70)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.restoreTree(SaveManager.java:1038)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.restore(SaveManager.java:708)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.startup(SaveManager.java:1555)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.startup(Workspace.java:2452)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.open(Workspace.java:2210)
at org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin.start(ResourcesPlugin.java:489)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl$3.run(BundleContextImpl.java:842)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl$3.run(BundleContextImpl.java:1)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:834)
… 43 more
Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Incompatible file format. Workspace was saved with an incompatible version: 0.
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException.provideStackTrace(ResourceException.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException.(ResourceException.java:38)
… 55 more
Root exception:
org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException(null)[567]: java.lang.Exception: Incompatible file format. Workspace was saved with an incompatible version: 0.
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException.provideStackTrace(ResourceException.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException.(ResourceException.java:38)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.WorkspaceTreeReader.getReader(WorkspaceTreeReader.java:62)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.WorkspaceTreeReader.getReader(WorkspaceTreeReader.java:70)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.restoreTree(SaveManager.java:1038)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.restore(SaveManager.java:708)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.startup(SaveManager.java:1555)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.startup(Workspace.java:2452)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.open(Workspace.java:2210)
at org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin.start(ResourcesPlugin.java:489)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl$3.run(BundleContextImpl.java:842)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl$3.run(BundleContextImpl.java:1)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:834)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:791)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle.startWorker0(EquinoxBundle.java:1015)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle$EquinoxModule.startWorker(EquinoxBundle.java:365)
at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.doStart(Module.java:603)
at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:467)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:493)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.hooks.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:117)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.classpath.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:571)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.findLocalClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:346)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:398)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.sources.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackage.java:41)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:473)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:171)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.plugin.EcorePlugin.getWorkspaceRoot(EcorePlugin.java:1149)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.PlatformResourceURIHandlerImpl.getWorkspaceRoot(PlatformResourceURIHandlerImpl.java:488)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.PlatformResourceURIHandlerImpl.(PlatformResourceURIHandlerImpl.java:456)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.URIHandler.(URIHandler.java:51)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ExtensibleURIConverterImpl.(ExtensibleURIConverterImpl.java:138)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ResourceSetImpl.getURIConverter(ResourceSetImpl.java:499)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ResourceSetImpl.getResource(ResourceSetImpl.java:369)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ResourceHandler.getResource(ResourceHandler.java:287)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ResourceHandler.loadResource(ResourceHandler.java:263)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ResourceHandler.loadMostRecentModel(ResourceHandler.java:169)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.loadApplicationModel(E4Application.java:384)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createE4Workbench(E4Application.java:260)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:579)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:338)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:557)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:154)
at org.knime.product.rcp.KNIMEApplication.start(KNIMEApplication.java:174)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:203)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:137)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:107)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:401)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:255)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:657)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:594)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1447)

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2020-11-05 17:19:55.750
!MESSAGE Application error
!STACK 1
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/eclipse/core/resources/ResourcesPlugin
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.plugin.EcorePlugin.getWorkspaceRoot(EcorePlugin.java:1149)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.PlatformResourceURIHandlerImpl.getWorkspaceRoot(PlatformResourceURIHandlerImpl.java:488)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.PlatformResourceURIHandlerImpl.(PlatformResourceURIHandlerImpl.java:456)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.URIHandler.(URIHandler.java:51)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ExtensibleURIConverterImpl.(ExtensibleURIConverterImpl.java:138)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ResourceSetImpl.getURIConverter(ResourceSetImpl.java:499)
at org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.impl.ResourceSetImpl.getResource(ResourceSetImpl.java:369)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ResourceHandler.getResource(ResourceHandler.java:287)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ResourceHandler.loadResource(ResourceHandler.java:263)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ResourceHandler.loadMostRecentModel(ResourceHandler.java:169)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.loadApplicationModel(E4Application.java:384)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createE4Workbench(E4Application.java:260)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:579)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:338)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:557)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:154)
at org.knime.product.rcp.KNIMEApplication.start(KNIMEApplication.java:174)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:203)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:137)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:107)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:401)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:255)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:657)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:594)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1447)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: An error occurred while automatically activating bundle org.eclipse.core.resources (434).
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.hooks.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:126)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.classpath.ClasspathManager.findLocalClass(ClasspathManager.java:571)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.findLocalClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:346)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findLocalClass(BundleLoader.java:398)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.sources.SingleSourcePackage.loadClass(SingleSourcePackage.java:41)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:473)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:171)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351)
… 29 more
Caused by: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exception in org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin.start() of bundle org.eclipse.core.resources.
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:863)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:791)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle.startWorker0(EquinoxBundle.java:1015)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle$EquinoxModule.startWorker(EquinoxBundle.java:365)
at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.doStart(Module.java:603)
at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:467)
at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.util.SecureAction.start(SecureAction.java:493)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.hooks.EclipseLazyStarter.postFindLocalClass(EclipseLazyStarter.java:117)
… 36 more
Caused by: org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException: Incompatible file format. Workspace was saved with an incompatible version: 0.
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.WorkspaceTreeReader.getReader(WorkspaceTreeReader.java:62)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.WorkspaceTreeReader.getReader(WorkspaceTreeReader.java:70)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.restoreTree(SaveManager.java:1038)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.restore(SaveManager.java:708)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.SaveManager.startup(SaveManager.java:1555)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.startup(Workspace.java:2452)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.Workspace.open(Workspace.java:2210)
at org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin.start(ResourcesPlugin.java:489)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl$3.run(BundleContextImpl.java:842)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl$3.run(BundleContextImpl.java:1)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:834)
… 43 more
Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Incompatible file format. Workspace was saved with an incompatible version: 0.
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException.provideStackTrace(ResourceException.java:42)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.resources.ResourceException.(ResourceException.java:38)
… 55 more

Hello @AndrewDeacon,

from which to which version have you done update?

See here for possible solution:

Br,
Ivan

I will take a look at the version but it was the newest updates that came through. Unfortunately knime won’t even start up. I get the splash screen and then the error. I would love to open it up on a blank workspace at least.

It is version 4.2.3. If I could just get Knime open I could move nodes over etc, but as of right now it just crashes on startup.

I have deleted all the folders under workspace (with the exception of .metadata) and still getting the same error.

Hello @AndrewDeacon,

See here what helped another user:

But why have you deleted all folders under workspace? Those are your workflows so if you don’t have backup I don’t see why would you want to start this workspace. You can as well install fresh KNIME Analytics Platform…

Br,
Ivan

That definitely looks like it would work. I’ll remember that for next time.

I solved it by moving my entire workspace folder, starting Knime (which loaded fine without workspaces), and then imported the workspaces back in.

Thanks for the help.

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Hello @AndrewDeacon,

good job :+1:

Br,
Ivan

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