Eclipse - Failed to create the java virtual machine

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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 --launcher library plugins org eclipse equinox launcher win32 win32 x86 1 1 100 v20110502 -product org eclipse epp package jee product --launcher defaultAction openFile --launcher XXMaxPermSize 256M -showsplash org eclipse platform --launcher XXMaxPermSize 256M --launcher defaultAction openFile -vm jdk1 7 0 02 bin -vmargs -Dosgi requiredJavaVersion 1 6 -Xms256M -Xmx1024M    Adding this line  I get  Failed to create virtual machine   -XX PermSize 512M -XX MaxPermSize 512M -XX  UseParallelOldGC -XX ParallelGCThreads 2 -XX ThreadPriorityPolicy 1 -Xverify none -XX -UseSplitVerifier   The above configuration works except when I add the lines I specified above  What could be the problem   I am running eclipse from a Windows 7  64-bit  machine with 4GB ram  although the JDK I specified in the path is 32-bit which works just fine  The only problem is if I add those additional config parameters

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Reduce the memory size to Xmx512m and it works

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There are two place in eclipse ini that includes  --launcher XXMaxPermSize 256m   make it   --launcher XXMaxPermSize 128m

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For me it was a memory issue  If I run tomcat with my  large  webapp then try to start Eclipse  I get the Eclipse error  If I start Eclipse first  then start tomcat and my webapp  all works as expected

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Just add your JDK path in windows environment variable  This solves in my case

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You can do a workaround as below   Create a shortcut for eclipse and right click on the short cut and go to properties of the shortcut   In the target box update the string   -vm  C  Program Files Java jdk1 6 0 07 bin    the path will change according to your java installed directory   So after changing the target string will be something like below   D  adt-bundle-windows-x86-20131030 eclipse eclipse exe -vm  C  Program Files Java jdk1 6 0 07 bin    Click apply and try clicking the Eclipse shortcut

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I tried several methods but didn t work  The only one that did is the one right at the bottom  I ll just list the other options I tried as well  for reference   Some background  I migrated from Mars to Neon and copied over eclipse ini almost exactly   Reduce -XX MaxPermSize and -Xmx  Like other answers have mentioned  progressively reduce these 2 flags  eg to 128m  and try again  If it still doesn t work at 128m then try other options below   Find the offending flag by renaming eclipse ini  Jon H s answer gave me a hint  Delete eclipse ini  or rename it  and start eclipse  It should regen eclipse ini and launch successfully  mine didn t regen eclipse ini though eclipse launched fine    If eclipse ini did regen for you  then add each flag back one-by-one   If not  revert the original eclipse ini and remove each flag one-by-one until you ve found the flag that causes an error   For my case  I upgraded from Mars to Neon  The offending flag was -XX  UseG1GC Removing this flag  and only this flag  worked for me  Setting back -Xmx and -XX MaxPermSize to 1G worked for me as well

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Recently i encounter this issue and try all of the above method but none of them works for me    Here is another Trick for to solve this error is   i just delete the eclipse configuration file and eclipse start working   i don t know why but it works    Maybe this helps someone else

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Change target to specific installation file like below Target   D  SoftWares oepe-12 1 3 1-luna-maf-distro-win32-x86 64old eclipse exe -vm D  delete jdk1 7 0 67 bin javaw exe

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--launcher XXMaxPermSize MaxPermSize 256m -Xms512m -Xmx1024m   replace with below one   --launcher XXMaxPermSize MaxPermSize 128m -Xms256m -Xmx512 m

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I had the same problem  I ve fixed it very simple by updating my JDK version  If you don t have JDK installed or not updated  please Go here and install update it  Mostly your problem will be fixed

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In my case reducing Xmx1024m to something smaller e g Xmx512m make it works  So from all the responses  above and in similar other sites   it seems that you may try to massage reduce the memory size

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I had also entered the path of MinGW complier for C    After removing it  the error disappeared

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

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If Anybody Is using prior version then Jdk 8 update 20 and getting this Issue  Please Remove the following from eclipse ini file  -XX  UseStringDeduplication  As StringDeduplication was added in later version of JDK 8 in update 20 For StringDeduplication Clarification check this By Fabian Lange https   blog codecentric de en 2014 08 string-deduplication-new-feature-java-8-update-20-2

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You can also try closing other programs      It s pretty simple  but worked for me  In my case the VM just don t had enough memory to run  and i got the same message  So i had to clean up the ram  by closing unnecessary programs

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It works for me after removing -XX  UseParallelOldGC option from file

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Change the below parameter in the eclipse ini  which is in the same directory as eclipse exe  to match one of your current Java version  Note that I also changed the maximum memory allowed for the eclipse process  which is run in a JVM   If you having multiple Java versions installed this can be happen  The below trick word for me   -Xmx512m -Dosgi requiredJavaVersion 1 6   I cahanged this to   -Xmx1024m -Dosgi requiredJavaVersion 1 7   Then It worked

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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

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I have added below line and its working fine   -vm C  Program Files Java jdk1 6 0 16 bin javax exe  -Xmx512m  -Dosgi requiredJavaVersion 1 6

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Change the below parameter in the eclipse ini  which is in the same directory as eclipse exe  to match one of your current Java version  Note that I also changed the maximum memory allowed for the eclipse process  which is run in a JVM   If you having multiple Java versions installed this can be happen  The below trick word for me   -Xmx512m -Dosgi requiredJavaVersion 1 6   I changed this to   -Xmx1024m -Dosgi requiredJavaVersion 1 7   Then It worked

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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

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Try to open eclipse ini and replace   -Xmx1024m   with  -Xmx512m   My java version is 1 7 as you can see below  -Dosgi requiredJavaVersion 1 7   so i didn t modify that parameter   This worked for me  -

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