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

-vm C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_07\bin\javaw.exe

Answer 2

All above answers didn't work for me. My Eclipse mars is x64 but I need to set registry dll to x86 for another software.

At the end I put -vm argument at the end of shortcut and this did the trick.

D:\mars\eclipse\eclipse.exe -vm "C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\server\jvm.dll"

According to this doc jvm.dll also work for some cases.

Answer 3

Try to escape the space with back slash.. Like

C:\program\folder\ \name\java\jdk\bin

Answer 4

Windows-vm "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_07\jre\bin\javaw.exe"

Answer 5

Reinstall java and choose a destination folder without a space

Answer 6

Solution in:How do I set the eclipse.ini -vm option?

-vm C:\\bin

 -vm
C:\<java_path>\bin

Must be the first thing in eclipse.ini