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Eclipse can't find JVM [message #1405721]

Fri, 08 August 2014 03:15

Bob Wakefield

Messages: 8
Registered: August 2014

Junior Member

This is a common problem but I can't find a solution for my specific case. I was running an old version of Eclipse and it just stopped working saying it could not find the JVM after I downloaded a new JRE today.

At this point, I've downloaded the latest Eclipse and the latest JDK. When I run Eclipse I get:

No java virtual machine was found after searching the following locations: C:\Program Files (x86)\eclipse\jre\bin\javaw.exe.

The location of that file is actually in another folder and I've tried updating the .ini file to fix it but to no avail. Javaw.exe is in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_11\bin

This is what my ini file looks like unaltered:
-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20140415-2008.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.200.v20140603-1326
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.standard.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256M
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.appendVmargs
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.7
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m

(For some odd reason, the file is all one line on my computer. When I pasted it here I get line breaks. Weird.)

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Re: Eclipse can't find JVM [message #1405798 is a reply to message #1405721]

Fri, 08 August 2014 07:56

Nitin Dahyabhai

Messages: 4434
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

You are trying to use a 64-bit Eclipse with a 32-bit Java. They have to match. Most web browsers on Windows are still 32-bit, so it may be in your interest to switch to a 32-bit Eclipse.

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse Web Tools Platform

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