title: Eclipse cannot find .metadata/.log
body: <p>Eclipse crashes on startup. It issues a message informing me that the <em>.metadata/.log</em> files could not be found. In order to resolve this issue:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I have tried changing the workspace to another existing workspace and
  to a new folder.</li>
  <li>I have tried removing the .lock files within the .metadata/.log
  folder.</li>
  <li>I have also tried removing the entire metadata folder.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>What should I do in order to solve this problem?</p>