Can't start Eclipse - Java was started but returned exit code=13

Question

I am trying to get my first taste of Android development using Eclipse. I ran into this problem when trying to run Eclipse, having installed version 4.2 only minutes ago.

Answer 1

The issue was fixed by doing the following steps.

1. Eclipse finds the JAVA executables from 'C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath'

2. The folder structure will contain shortcuts to the below executables,
   i. java.exe
   ii. javaw.exe
   iii. javaws.exe

3. For me the executable paths were pointing to my Program Files(x86) (home for 32 bit applications) folder location

4. I corrected it to Program Files (which homes 64-bit applications) and the issue got resolved

Please find the screenshot for the same.