Starting your product

You can start your product from the desktop environment or a command-line interface.
For Windows.

For Microsoft Windows operating systems: Click Start > Programs > <package group name> > <product> > <product>.

To start <product> from a command line:
  • For Windows.For Windows®: Type this command: <product installation directory>\eclipse.exe -product com.ibm.rational.<product acronym>.product.ide
  • For Linux.For Linux®: Type this command: <product installation directory>/eclipse -product com.ibm.rational.<product acronym>.product.ide
Important notes for the Windows Vista operating system:
  • If the installation location or Shared Resources directory for your product is in a directory in the path C:\Program Files, you can run the product only as the administrator. To run as administrator, right-click the program shortcut, and click Run as administrator.
  • On Windows Vista, the Program Files directory is usually virtualized in order to allow users who are not running as the administrator to have write access to this protected directory. However, the virtualization workaround is not compatible with your product.
  • If you selected an installation location or shared resources directory in the path C:\Program Files and you do not want to require running your product as administrator, complete one of these steps:
    • Reinstall your product and any other programs that sharing the same installation location, and select an installation location that is not in the path C:\Program Files.
    • Reinstall your product and all Rational Software Delivery Platform product packages (regardless of their installation location), and select a shared resources directory and installation locations that are not in the path C:\Program Files

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