Nios II IDE Freezes While Displaying the Splash Screen

Description

After clicking Switch Workspace on the File menu on a Windows machine, a Nios II IDE splash screen appears. Unfortunately, this splash screen obscures the dialog box that asks you to specify the new workspace. As a result, the IDE appears to freeze.

Resolution

Press Alt-Tab to switch applications. Two relevant application icons appear: an Eclipse icon associated with the splash screen and a Nios II IDE icon associated with the Workspace dialog box. Select the Nios II icon to bring the dialog box to the foreground.