Eclipse - Failed to create the java virtual machine

Question

I\'m having issue with running my Eclipse with the following config:

eclipse.ini

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar
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Answer 1

I deleted my eclipse.ini after non of the above worked for me.

I fully expected the next run (when it looked likely to work) to recreate it so I could compare but it did not.

So I can't tell what fixed it specifically.

an oddity I did have however was jdk 1.7 but when I ran

C:\Users\jonathan.hardcastle>java -version Registry key 'Software\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\CurrentVersion' has value '1.7', but '1.6' is required. Error: could not find java.dll Error: could not find Java SE Runtime Environment.

i got the above.. so I (re?)installed jre 1.7 specifically and that went away.

This was not linked to my eclipse success directly.

Answer 2

it works for me after changing MaxPermSize=512M to MaxPermSize=256M

Answer 3

I had exactly the same problem, one day eclipse wouldn't open. Tried editing eclipse.ini to the correct java version 1.7, but still the same error. Eventually changed :

-Xms384m 
-Xmx384m

...and all working.

Answer 4

There are two place in eclipse.ini that includes

--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m

make it

--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
128m