PowerBuilder IDE crashes on startup

Symptom

The PowerBuilder IDE crashes when opening the PowerBuilder application.

Environment

PowerBuilder

Reproducing the Issue

PowerBuilder crashed when opened either by the Windows Start > PowerBuilderXX.X or double clicking on the PB1XX.exe file.

Cause

This issue appeared to be caused by a corruption of the PowerBuilder workspace.

Solution

The following resolved this problem:

1.  Remove the path to the LastWorkspace property under the [PB] section of the pb.ini file.  This will allow you to open the PowerBuilder IDE.

2.  Create a new workspace.

3.  Right click on the workspace in the treeview of the PowerBuilder IDE and select Add target... and browse to and select the .pbt file for the workspace.