When adding the following to your shortcut, debug mode will try reading the
.options file from the /eclipse directory

Steps to duplicate:

1.)  Designer Build 20050215a
2.)  Edit your Windows shortcut to add the "-debug" as follows:

"C:\Program Files\Novell\designer\eclipse\designer.exe" -debug

3.)  Launch Designer and watch the command line (SEE ATTACHMENT).  You will see
it try to load from the /eclipse directory.  However, there is no file in the
eclipse directory so it will not load.  If you put a .options file in there, it
works fine.

NOTE:  This is not a problem.  The help states that you should point to the full
path as follows:

-debug c:\(eclipse install dir)\plugins\com.novell.porpoise.common_1.0.0\.options.

Expected:

I think we should update the help file to list both options, whether we would
like to specify the whole path OR just the -debug switch.  We would need to add
a note that they should copy/create a .options file in the eclipse directory if
 they just want to use the switch.  However, it would be nice if we could just
add a .options file in the eclipse directory during install.  I personally don't
like to type the full path to the common plugin directory and would prefer a switch.