I updated java and eclipse does not work

Question

I updated my JRE today 23.06.2012, and after that eclipse will no longer start. When I double click to start up eclipse the splash screen appears like a camera flash and th

Answer 1

This is what worked for me: Remove the lines:

-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5

Add these two lines:

-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin\javaw.exe

Edit the path to match your installation. The ini file is generally present at $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse.ini Eclipse ini file

Note: You'll need to change windows security settings to get access. I recommend you don't edit this type of file in notepad (use notepad++). Backup the file before you edit.