Can't Open Eclipse "No Java virtual machine was found"

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I've checked the other relative common posts to mine but they a slight difference that didn't give me the solution I needed:

A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine was found after searching the following locations: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.80_25\jre\bin\javaw.exe

I have checked over and over in that path, and javaw.exe is definitely there. Any ideas what to do, I had a exit-13 problem before I followed a step to add "-vm "path to javaw.exe" in my eclipse.ini but I don't know what to do now.

My eclipse.ini file:

    -startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20140415-2008.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.200.v20150204-1316
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256M
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vm
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\bin\javaw.exe
--launcher.appendVmargs
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.7
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m
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javaeclipse
haven't tested, but can you try to replace the backslashes with normal slashes? so it becomes sth like C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jdk1.8.0_25/jre/javaw.exe – Manuel Jain

5 Answers

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Got it to work, uninstalled all my Java's, reinstalled jdk (x86) in my case, installed newest jre (x64) to delete obsolete ones from the jdk and it worked. THanks everyone

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-vm
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\javaw.exe

should be something like

-vm
C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jdk1.8.0_25/

or even better:

-vm
C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jre1.8.0_25/bin/server/jvm.dll

On a side note, download the 64bit version if you can

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The potential problem is you are using 64 bit Eclipse but 32 bit java. Either use 32 bit eclipse or install 64 bit java and re-try. It all started with Java 7!

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Just copy this file:
C:/Program Files/Java/jre(5,6,7...whatever version)/bin/javaw.exe
to the Eclipse folder (directory where the eclipse.exe is located)
Please note: Only tested for Windows

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Alternatively, right click on Eclipse icon, select Properties and edit Target field.

There will be a large string, edit it to point to correct javaw.exe path:

-vm "c:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_65/bin/javaw.exe"