[solved] Idea 2020.3 opens home folder as project
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Since the update from 2020.2 to 2020.3, the project selection popup on startup has disappeared. Now when Idea starts, it opens my home folder and starts indexing the files there as if it was a project. This is very annoying. How can I have Idea start up without opening anything, or get the old project selection popup back? (Or if neither is possible, at least open the last previously opened project?)
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Just close the opened window to see the welcome screen. Doesn't it work?
Yes, but the next time I open Idea it's the same again - it scans my home folder and creates an "mp" project. I never get the welcome screen with the project select list on startup. Removing the "mp" project from the recent projects list doesn't help either.
I activated the "Reopen project on startup" system settings, but that doesn't help either. Idea does not reopen the project I had last open, but my home folder.
As a general troubleshooting step, please reset settings to default via File | Manage IDE Settings | Restore Default Settings
Ok, I did that. It helped only once. I got the welcome screen, selected one of my projects, closed Idea again - next startup it was my home folder again.
But I think I found the problem now. I am on Ubuntu with Xfce desktop, and the menu starter for Idea had a "%f" parameter. That seems to expand to my home folder, as there is no file specified in the menu of course. I removed that parameter and now I get the splash screen again.
Thanks for your help!