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Possible workspace corruption resulting "Unable to read workbench state" error

Troubleshooting


Problem

Attempts to start IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer or Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software results in the error "Unable to read workbench state, workbench UI layout will be reset."

Symptom

After clicking OK to the error message, you may see an additional error as well:

Unable to recreate perspective, reason: unable to create perspective.

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Modified date:
27 October 2020

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