Eclipse - no Java JRE JDK no virtual machine

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I am trying to get Eclipse nbsp v3 5  Galileo  to re-run on my computer - I have run it before with no problems  but now I keep getting this error      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  eclipse jre javaw exe   javaw exe in your current PATH   I ve just done a fresh install of both the JDK and the SDK   I have Windows 7  x64    What s up with this  How do I fix it   I can t run any of the ipconfig   tracert   or ping

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Do not rely on the windows path variable because it gets changed in nearly every update. E.g. a chrome (32bit on a 64 bit machine) java update replaces the systemwide 64 bit JVM by a 32 bit JVM. Note also that this entry has to be the last one in the eclipse.ini, otherwise it does not work,And - as otherwise stated - the JAVA_HOME variable is NOT evaluated by eclipse.exe.

even if your has JAVA_HOME and Path configured valid,their may has this problem,so the most simple way to do is open your eclipse.ini in your eclipse installtion folder

-vm

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_71\bin\javaw.exe

replace C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_71\bin\javaw.exe with your jdk or jre `s path

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If you download the 64 bit version of Eclipse  it will look for the 64 bit version of JRE  If you download the 32 bit version of Eclipse  it will look for the 32 bit version of JRE  What I did was to install the both the 32 and 64 bit version of JRE   You can get that from the SUN Oracle site   The JAVA site seems to automatically install the 32 bit version of Java   I guess that s because of the web browser

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I had the same problem   The easy way  for me to fix it was to install both the JRE and the eclipse as x86 or x64   When their bit type did not match  eclipse could not find it   So  if it is not a big deal for you to uninstall and reinstall in order to make them match  I would do that   I ended up installing  Java Runtime Environment 1 7 0 3  64-bit  and Eclipse Indigo  3 7   64-bit   Then it just works

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I had the same issue  Windows 7 x64  64bit JDK  32bit Eclipse   and I found 2 solutions    Install the 64 bit version of Eclipse  found by clicking the  Development Builds  tab on the downloads page   Install the 32bit version of the JDK

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The JDK does not install a JVM in the default path   Unless you need external tools to run like ant  the non-JDK is enough for Eclipse to run   The easiest way to install such a JVM is to go to http   java com and let it install whatever it want to install    Then double-click the Eclipse binary again

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When I copied only javaw  the second error occured  there is not a java dll file  when I copied it too  eclipse did not start  what I did was that I copied whole jdk folder to eclipse folder and renamed id to jre  Problem solved

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It turned out that all I needed to do was change the  path  to       C  Windows system32 C  Windows C  Windows System32 Wbem    C  Program Files  x86  Java    C  Program Files    x86  Java jdk1 6 0 14 bin    that did it

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Open up Windows  System Properties from the control panel and hunt down the environment variables section    Add a JAVA HOME entry pointing to the directory where the JDK is installed  e g  C  Program Files Java jre6  Find the Path entry and add the following onto the end   JAVA HOME  bin OK the changes Restart eclipse so that it is aware of the new environment   Most Java tools will now be able to find your Java installation either by using the JAVA HOME environment variable or by looking for java exe   javaw exe in the Path environment variable

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Check Window   Preferences   Java   Installed JREs   Make sure there s something there   if there isn t  add one   Did you recently update your JDK

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Edited my eclipse ini file to update the newly  updated JDK  Previously I had jdk1 7 0 09 and updated now to jdk1 7 0 80 and eclipse threw this error      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 Java jdk1 7 0 09 bin javaw   After updating eclipse ini from   -vm C  Program Files Java jdk1 7 0 09 bin javaw   to  -vm C  Program Files Java jdk1 7 0 80 bin javaw   Eclipse works fine

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Solution in a nutshell   Right-click on My Computer  click properties  then advanced system settings  a System properties window will popup  under advanced tab  choose environment variables  Environment variables window will popup  under the System variables section   look for PATH variable  and edit the value  changing it  the version  jre6 jre7  etc  to whatever jre you re using  e g for mine  C  Program Files Java jre7 bin

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I have a SIMPLE solution to this problem  I solved it by changing vm path in eclipse ini file to latest jre path    I follwed this link   https   youtu be lU eb5Ki1kY

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Try setting your JAVA HOME to the correct folder  Google for setting environment variables in Windows

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set JAVA HOME variable and ad JAVA HOME bin to evnrionment path variable

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Just download the Java Runtime Environment  JRE   That worked for me

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The reason you get this error is because eclipse needs a JRE to launch  which it can t find  The first place it searches is the current directory  then the eclipse ini file and then finally the system path  So if the it can t find the correct jvm bit versions are different  through any of these three places  it cribs  The recommended way is to edit the eclipse ini file and tell eclipse where exactly to look for the vm jre  by including this line in the file   -vm  path to your java exe   which is generally under  C  Program Files Java jre7 bin    P S  To edit the eclipse ini  you may need to move the it  edit and then paste it back  Source -  wiki

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Just Add the JRE PATH FOR Ex  C  Program Files Java jre5 bin in the environmental variable Put     in between every path  Then click the eclipse exe It will work

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Don t worry i was also ruined by this error and fatal and when i got it i was so frustrate even i was giving to leave an android programming  but i got it                           Simply first of all copy this code and paste in your system variable Under path         C  Program Files C  Winnt C  Winnt System32 C  Program   Files Java jre6 bin javaw exe   Now copy the  jre  folder from your path like i have have  jre  under this path               C  Program Files Java   and paste it in your eclipse folder means where your eclipse exe file is placed  like i have my eclipse set up in this location      F  Softwares LANGUAGES SOFTEARE Android Setup eclipse   So inside the eclipse Folder paste the  jre  FOLDER   If you have  jre6  then rename it as  jre     and run your eclipse you will got the solution             lt  lt  lt  lt  lt  lt  lt  lt  lt  lt  lt  lt  lt  lt ----------------------------- gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  gt                     OTHER SOLUTION  2  If the problem could t solve with the above steps  then follow these steps   Copy the folder  jre  from your Java path like  C  Program Files Java jre6  etc  and paste it in your eclipse directory Where is your eclipse available  Go to eclipse ini file   open it up  Change the directory of your javaw exe file like       -vmF  Softwares LANGUAGES SOFTEARE Android Setup eclipse Indigo version 32 Bit jre bin javaw exe   Now this time when you will start eclipse it will search for javaw exe  so it will search the path in the eclipse ini  as it is now in the same folder so  it will start the javaw exe and it will start working   If You still have any query you can ask it again  just go on my profile and find out my email id  because i love stack overflow forum  and it made me a programmer

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Just copy this file    c  Program Files Java jre 5 6 7  any version  bin javaw exe   to Eclipse Folder    note only tested for Windows

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All the other answers about setting only the JAVA HOME are not entirely right  Eclipse does namely not consult the JAVA HOME  Look closer at the error message         in your current PATH   It literally said PATH  not JAVA HOME   Rightclick My Computer and choose Properties  or press Winkey Pause   go to the tab Advanced  click the button Environment Variables  in the System Variables list at the bottom select Path  no  not Classpath   click Edit and add  c  path to jdk bin to the end of the value   Alternatively and if not present  you can also add JAVA HOME environment variable and make use of it in the PATH  In the same dialogue click New and add JAVA HOME with the value of c  path to jdk  Then you can add   JAVA HOME  bin to end of the value of the Path setting

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First go to computer then properties then advanced system settings then advanced    3rd menu    and then click environment variables button at the bottom    To path in environment variables you add   C  Program Files Java jdk1 8 0 102 bin  C  Program Files Java jdk1 8 0 102 lib      and the error will go away  This is the best one    The other way is to copy the jre folder  C  Program Files Java jre1 8 0 102  to   E  eclipse-jee-indigo-SR2-win32 eclipse   folder  Then the error will go away

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First of all thanks to YouYou for his solution  I tried answer by YouYou  https   stackoverflow com a 14464653 801919   Initially  it did not work for me  Following are the steps that I needed to take to make it work    Initially  I did not have Java installed on my new machine  So  I had to install that  downloaded from  http   java com en download manual jsp   I am running 64-bit OS  But  while downloading  I got the message which could help me in choosing which version of Java to download  Choose the 32-bit download to use with a 32-bit browser  Hence  I downloaded 32-bit version  Then  I followed the procedure mentioned in https   stackoverflow com a 14464653 801919  hoping to get the solution  I got some other error  Java was started but returned exit code 13 Then  I installed 64-bit version of Java  Copied javaw exe from that version       And Eclipse started working    Yaay

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I have run into this problem too  My case is as following      In text   HKEY CURRENT USER Environment     Path    REG SZ     JAVA HOME  bin C  ProgramFiles nodejs  HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control Session Manager Environment     JAVA HOME    REG SZ    C  ProgramFiles Java jdk     Path    REG EXPAND SZ    C  bin  SystemRoot  system32  SystemRoot   SystemRoot  System32 Wbem  SYSTEMROOT  System32  WindowsPowerShell v1 0  C  Program Files Intel DMIX c  Program Files  x86  Microsoft SQL Server 90 Tools binn  C  Progra m Files  x86  Perforce C  ProgramFiles 010 Editor C  Program Files Microsoft SQL Server 130 Tools Binn  C  ProgramFiles  Git cmd C  Program Files  x86  Skype Phone   C  Users ssfang gt  echo   JAVA HOME       JAVA HOME       JAVA HOME    JAVA HOME   JAVA HOME       JAVA HOME      C  ProgramFiles Java jdk  C  ProgramFiles Java jdk   I found their types of the registry value Path are different  so I checked whether the path is valid or not by the following 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When I had such problem  in my case I had x64 JDK   JRE installed with x86 Eclipse  So installing of x86 JDK   JRE solved my problem    Also I created jre folder in eclipse folder and copied bin folder from my local path C  Program Files  x86  Java jre7 to    eclipse jre

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Eclipse will by default try to launch with the default  java exe   the first one referenced by your PATH   Three things to remember     Installing  a JRE or a JDK can be as simple as unzipping or copying it from another computer  there is no special installation steps  and you can have as many different JVM versions  1 4  5 0  6 0     as you want   installed   copied  almost anywhere on your disk  I would recommend to always run Eclipse with the lastest JRE possible  to benefit from the latest hotspot evolutions   You can    Reference that exact JRE path in your eclipse ini  Copy any JRE of your in your  lt eclipse  jre directory  In both cases  no PATH to update   The JVM you will reference within your Eclipse session is not always the one used for launching Eclipse because    You only need a JRE to launch Eclipse  but once Eclipse launched  you should register a JDK for your projects  especially for Java sources and debugging purposes  also in theory for compilation but Eclipse has its own Java compiler  Note  You could register just a JRE within Eclipse because it is enough to run your program  but again a JDK will allow for more operations  Even though the default registered Java in Eclipse is the one used to launch the session  you can want to register an older SDK  including a non-Sun one  in order to run debug your programs with a JRE similar to the one which will actually be used in production         June 2012  jmbertucci comments      I m running Windows nbsp 7 64-bit and I had the 32-bit JRE installed    I downloaded Eclipse 64-bit which looks for a 64-bit JRE    Because I didn t have the 64-bit JRE it threw the error  which makes sense       I went to the Java manual install page  which was not as directly accessible as you d like  and installed the 64-bit version  See  Java Downloads for All Operating Systems     That was all I needed      April 2016  Steve Mayne adds in the comments      I had to edit the eclipse ini file to reference the correct Java path -   Eclipse doesn t use the environment PATH at all when there is a value in eclipse ini

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I had a co-worker with this exact problem last week  He fixed it by installing the x64 version of Eclipse and the x64 JDK   Edit  he reused his old workspace after installing the necessary plugins  so that should not be much of an issue

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if after adding the C  Program Files Java jdk1 8 0 92 bin in PATH variable in environment variables the eclipse gave the same error  check eclipse configuration settings file that found in eclipse folder  you must see the same jdk path you have in C  program Files    I hope it help

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Well this answer is to those who tried all of them others an still no luck  May this be Android studio or Eclipse i usually do this when everything else fails    Find your Android sdk folder and open the android bat file with a text editor you will find some commands like these in the start of the file    set java exe   call lib find java bat  if not defined java exe goto  EOF   Change them to   set java exe   lt the path to your java exe file can be found inside your jdk folder bin directory   find the lines    rem Set SWT Jar path based on current architecture  x86 or x86 64  for  f  delims     a in     java exe   -jar lib archquery jar   do set swt path lib   a   Replace it with set swt path  lt the path to your respective swt jar file  for x86 it is at sdk tools lib x86 and for x64 at sdk tools lib x86 64  Save and close the file and now you are good to go

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I have windows 7 64-bit  and I had this same problem with eclipse  To get it to work  I had to use internet explorer  64-bit version  to download java  This was the only way to get java to install a 64-bit version  When I used firefox to install java  it automatically installed a 32-bit version  so idiotic    And The Eclipse 64-bit version wouldn t detect the java 32-bit version

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make a batch file in the eclipse folder and write in it    eclipse -vm C  Sun SDK jdk jre bin javaw exe   see http   wiki eclipse org FAQ How do I run Eclipse 3F

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There is an easier way to do that  Just run cmd x64  Type cmd x64 to search bar in start menu ant you will find it    Or alternatively  you should set path to program files  x86      For example C  Program Files  x86  Java jre6

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64-bit OS--  You need  64-bit Java and 64-bit Eclipse 32-bit OS--  You need  32-bit Java and 32-bit Eclipse   if you update your java version with default update in your 64 bit computer  and you have 32 bit browser   java will install 32 bit version  You should find 64 bit java version and install it

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One problem is the conflict between the Eclipse-64bit version and our Java installation being 32bit version   This doesn t get solved easily because the Java installation page doesn t give the option for 64bit - it assumes 32bit and downloads and installs the 32bit version   To overcome this issue  please follow the following steps    Download the 64bit version by going to Java SE Runtime Environment 7  this link gives us the option to download a 64bit version of Java    Download and install this  Now  trying to install Eclipse will still throw an error   So  we copy the jre7 folder from C  program files Java  and copy it in our Eclipse installation folder  Now  we rename it to jre    Install Eclipse   --launcher appendVmargs -vm C  Program Files Java jdk1 7 0 79 jre bin javaw exe -vmargs

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In your eclipse ini file  you need to update the path to the VM to point to the same location where javaw exe is installed on your machine

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