Eclipse's error on startup in windows 7

Question

Good day.

I decided to learn Java. I installed JDK and downloaded eclipse-java-helios-SR1-win32 for windows 7.

But i can\'t launch eclipse becau

Answer 1

I have tried all of the tricks stated above and nothing was able to resolve my problem. Changing the path way, registry being corrupted, few dlls weren't able to be deleted and so on and on... I used Fixit it delete whatever I saw with the name JAVA. I tried installing GRE/JVM separately, nothing worked what so ever.

Solution..

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/windows_offline_download.xml

Use offline install of JAVA or some people call it silently install JAVA. This fixed my problem that I couldn't fix in two days. After this I was able to install eclipse without getting any pathway error message, or dll related messages.

Answer 2

I removed the system32 java files and then copied the new jre folder from the new java jdk 7 to the folder for eclipse

Answer 3

-vm
C:/Java/jre/bin/server/jvm.dll

you should specify jvm.dll file path to any bundle of the eclipse .ini file (eclipse.ini,sts.ini)

Answer 4

I had the same problem as of "ExiRe" and tried modifying the eclipse.ini, but to no avail. Then by following the eclipse logs I found it's trying to use the default java exes in System32. I deleted the three Java files from System32 folder, specified the -vm args in eclipse.ini and started Eclipse again.

eclipse started fine on the 32 bit combi(both java and eclipse 32 bit versions) but not on the 64 bit combi.

So far I'm using 32 bit combi. If anyone could figure out how to get it work on 64 bit combi please respond.

Answer 5

My employer also pushed out a Java 7 update to my machine after which I started getting the same Eclipse error on startup. I fixed it by removing the following files:

• C:\Windows\System32\java.exe
• C:\Windows\System32\javaw.exe
• C:\Windows\System32\javaws.exe

Eclipse starts up successfully now.

Answer 6

I've had the same issue and it took me 2 days to fix it. I removed java.exe and javaw.exe from Windows/System32 folder. Eclipse has just opened, I'm happy to see my favorite IDE again.