redirect configuration / p2 runtime data to non-default location

[gireeshpunathil]

use case: we want to install an eclipse based product in windows and share it among a number of users. hence we install it in a common folder (such as C:\Program Files\...). however, non-admin users are unable to run it properly, as the runtime configuration changes are not persisted because of the lack of permission in the installation location.

is there a way to redirect all the configuration / p2 related runtime persistence be redirected to another location, such as user's home folder?

[iloveeclipse]

Check Eclipse help.-configuration allows you to specify osgi config area that can be put under user specific location.

[laeubi]

This describes how you can share an installation with multiple users:

https://help.eclipse.org/latest/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/multi_user_installs.html

[gireeshpunathil]

thanks @iloveeclipse and @laeubi ! this is really promising. will test and see if it addresses our scenario.