Eclipse known issues and troubleshooting

Maven raises error 206: the filename or extension is too long

When you build an application on Windows, you can get the error CreateProcess error 206: The filename or extension is too long. This is caused by a Windows OS limitation. To solve it:

• Move the .m2 repository to C:\
• Go to Eclipse > Windows/Preferences/Maven/User Settings -> Create your own settings.xml with the following content:

<settings>
  <localRepository>c:/.m2/repository</localRepository>
</settings>