My .log file is 74MB so it opens real slow.
You can erase it when Eclipse is shut down and let Eclipse start a new log file. If you have never done this I suggest you do, Eclipse just keeps appending to this file indefinitly.
The -clean worked but also opening eclipse took a long time. I have 1 GB of RAM and a fast processor running on Windows 2000.
You only need to use -clean once, you can remove it now from your command line. What it does is cause Eclipse to rebuild it’s entire plugin cache incase it has gotten into an invalid state. This is why it was so slow to startup.
Is it possible my two projects I open each time have grown that big that the background compiling is consuming that much resources? I mean my cpu gets pegged to 100% for at least 5 minutes each time I opened eclipse even before this recent problem.
Please describe the metrics of your projects… what kind, how big, how many Java files, how many JSP files, etc. Also when the CPU is pegged, if you look down in the right hand corner, is there any message from Eclipse saying what it is doing? Also please tell me the exact version of MyEclipse you are using by navigate to Window > Prefs > MyEclipse and reading the version off the display panel on the right.