The 
   General > Startup and
  Shutdown preference page allows the selection of plug-ins to be automatically activated during workbench
  startup.
Normally plug-ins are not activated until they are needed. However some plug-ins may specify that they wish to be activated during startup. This preference page allows the selection of which of these plug-ins will actually be activated during startup.
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          Option
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          Description
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          Default
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|---|---|---|
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          Refresh workspace on startup
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          If this option is turned on then the workbench will synchronize its contents with the file system on startup.
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          Off
         | 
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          Show Problems view decorations on startup
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          If this option is turned on then the Problems view icon will show an errors/warnings overlay after startup,
          independently if the Problems view is on top of the view stack or not.
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          Off
         | 
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          Confirm exit when closing last window
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          If this option is turned on then the workbench will ask if you wish to exit when closing the last window if.
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          On
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          Plug-ins activated on startup
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          This option allows you to select which available plug-ins should be activated on startup.
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