Flash Builder 4.7 does not open after installing Apache Flex SDK 4.16.0

Question

Having installed Apache Flex SDK 4.16.0, I open Flash Builder 4.7 to see this error dialog message:

An error has occurred.
See the log file at <dir>/.log.

The .log in question is 1676 lines long, starts like this:

!SESSION 2017-09-20 10:59:34.184 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=M20110909-1335
java.version=1.8.0_144
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=macosx, ARCH=x86_64, WS=cocoa, NL=en_US
Framework arguments:  -keyring /Users/<REDACTED>/.eclipse_keyring -showlocation
Command-line arguments:  -os macosx -ws cocoa -arch x86_64 -keyring /Users/<REDACTED>/.eclipse_keyring -consoleLog -showlocation

!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.net 1 0 2017-09-20 10:59:42.241
!MESSAGE System property http.nonProxyHosts has been set to local|*.local|169.254/16|*.169.254/16 by an external source. This value will be overwritten using the values from the preferences

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2017-09-20 10:59:42.867
!MESSAGE An error occurred while automatically activating bundle com.adobe.flexbuilder.project (68).
!STACK 0
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exception in com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.internal.FlexProjectCore.start() of bundle com.adobe.flexbuilder.project.
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:734)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:683)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:381)

and ends like this:

    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:702)
    ... 149 more

!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.jobs 2 2 2017-09-20 10:59:43.401
!MESSAGE Job found still running after platform shutdown.  Jobs should be canceled by the plugin that scheduled them during shutdown: org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEWorkbenchActivityHelper$4

My set up is:

OS:        Sierra 10.12.6
Hardware:  MBP Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015
Processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory:    16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics:  Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

I not proficient with Eclipse or Java^ and therefore do not know what else I can tell you. Any help gratefully received, thank you.

^ I am Swift (now) and ActionScript (formerly) programmer

AmigaAbattoir AmigaAbattoir · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-20T15:34:50

You might want to try a new or empty Workspace to see if that works.

There are some tips on running Running Adobe Flash Builder on Win and Mac with Java 7/8

You may also want to increase the Java virtual memory settings if you haven't done so already.

Flash Builder 4.7 does not open after installing Apache Flex SDK 4.16.0

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