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Help! Unable to locate shared library [message #1854626]

Tue, 30 August 2022 21:56

Eclipse User

For background context: I am using Windows 11 on my new laptop. My old laptop had Windows 10. I am still new to using eclipse. I had downloaded eclipse on my old laptop and it also had a few projects on there too. Then, I broke it (yipee :/) so I decided to buy a new one and restore from my old laptop when prompted in the laptop setup. I redownloaded Java jdk and eclipse but now when i try to open it gives me said error? What can I do? Would it be necessary to fix my old laptop? Also please explain in simple terms.

Re: Help! Unable to locate shared library [message #1854628 is a reply to message #1854626]

Wed, 31 August 2022 01:17

Eclipse User

Download a fresh version of Eclipse (either the installer or one of the packages), not an Eclipse copied from another location or from another computer.

https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/

Re: Help! Unable to locate shared library [message #1854635 is a reply to message #1854628]

Wed, 31 August 2022 06:21

Eclipse User

Thank you. Also should I uninstall eclipse before I install a fresh version?

Re: Help! Unable to locate shared library [message #1854636 is a reply to message #1854635]

Wed, 31 August 2022 07:56

Eclipse User

No, because Eclipse isn't installed in that sense. You can just delete the installation folder but nothing is put in the system registry such that it needs to be "uninstalled".

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