How to specify jdk path in eclipse.ini on windows 8 when path contains space

Question

This doesn\'t work -vm %JAVA_HOME%/bin/javaw.exe

How can I replace %JAVA_HOME% with full path on windows 8 when path contains space (\"program files\" directory)

Answer 1

I have Windows 8.1 and my JDK under "Program Files" as well. What worked for me was replacing the name of the folder by the 8-digit internal MS-DOS name.

-vm
C:/PROGRA~1/Java/jdk1.8.0_40/bin/javaw.exe

I realized what was going on after running this in cmd.exe

CD \
DIR P* /X

It returned...

          PROGRA~1     Program Files
          PROGRA~2     Program Files (x86)

So we can find out how to use a path containing spaces