Eclipse for Windows: Could not open/create prefs root node Software\JavaSoft\Prefs

When compiling a project cloned from git repository, got the following warning:

WARNING: Could not open/create prefs root node Software\JavaSoft\Prefs at root 0x80000002. Windows RegCreateKeyEx(...) returned error code 5.

Solution:

• Run regedit
• Locate key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Prefs
• Right click the icon then select Permissions...
• Give full control to users