Eclipse does not start after java update

I have tried about everything mentioned and then some. I can issue java and javac from a command prompt just fine. However, eclipse just flashes the splash screen and vanishes.

I have tried specifying the -vm flag on the cmd line and only get different errors. Any clues? Bugra Hasbek Bugra Hasbek 51 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. Andy Andy 21 1 1 bronze badge. GuerillaNerd GuerillaNerd 1, 1 1 gold badge 10 10 silver badges 12 12 bronze badges.

Satya Satya 7, 9 9 gold badges 36 36 silver badges 40 40 bronze badges. It shouldn't be a problem. On a daily basis I'm developing Java 1.

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Stack Gives Back Featured on Meta. New post summary designs on greatest hits now, everywhere else eventually. Visit chat. Cheers Report message to a moderator. By the way, the point about bit and bit is mentioned in the sticky post; that's why I encourage everyone who has problems with Eclipse startup failure to read it. OK, Follow up. I am using the copy of Eclipse included with the Android Development Kit. As I stated earlier, Eclipse stopped launching for me, when I update to Java 8, jre 1.

Last night, after reading the newcomer's posts about this problem, I went back and made sure that I downloaded the bit version of the JRE. I noticed now, that Oracle's download site, has made it a little more difficult to distinguish whether I'm downloaded a bit version, or a bit version of the JRE. That's what we need, more confusion. Anyway, this morning, I tried pointing Eclipse, via the instruction concerning the -vr value, to both versions of the JRE on my computer, Java 8 and Java 7, still, I keep getting the "Eclipse executable launcher was unable to locate its companion shared library" error.

So, I removed the adt bundle, reinstalled it, which still contained the original eclipse. Miracle, upon miracle, Eclipse finally launched. So, from my experience, if you've updated to Java 8, make sure that if you want the bit version, to find it on the Oracle download site making sure it's the bit version is much harder than it need be , then uninstall the Adroid Development Kit, and then reinstall it.

I believe you then have to reimport your projects back into your workspace. Is there a problem using version of Eclipse included with the Android Development Kit, in creating Java projects? I have had a couple of issues since I created another workspace for my Java projects. Some clarifications on what you've observed, Mike 1 - Running Eclipse without modifying the eclipse.

That can change dramatically as your system is updated, which is why it's strongly recommended to specify your desired JVM via eclipse. No, not really. I'm not sure what version of Eclipse the ADT bundle is currently built from so you might not be using the latest and greatest Eclipse , but in the past it has tended to stay pretty current.

The only other "drawback" I can think of is that you'll have the Android stuff visible in your environment even when you're not doing Android development; a few years ago when I was doing Android development the ADT plugins started automatically a somewhat no-no in the Eclipse world which slowed down Eclipse startup and annoyed me, so I stopped using ADT as my primary Java IDE when I wasn't doing Android apps.

Thanks for both clarifications, Eric. I noticed that the JRE for Java 8, doesn't have a javaw. Instead it has a. Is that what I'd point my eclipse. According to my ADT version of Eclipse, it is version 4. Build ID M I believe it is "Juno". I noticed the ADT zip file hasn't changed since last year when I first downloaded it. I'm thinking of using a more recent version of Eclipse to learn Java programming with.

My copy of JDK 8u25 has java. Alternatively you can point to jvm. Hayley Bridges Messages: 2 Registered: November I am working from my downloads folder as access is denied when trying to save the. Any ideas? Sat, 22 November Oh, you're right Eric. I was looking in the "Program Files x86 " folder, which was my previous Java path. I swear, this bit vs. That's how I figure out what my Java path is. Thanks, I'll try adding the -vm command, with this path, to eclipse.

If you have a different version of Java listed in the system PATH environment variable, remove it from there. Unable to locate executable for jre1. Sat, 20 December Viewed 17k times. Brett Fisher Brett Fisher 1 1 gold badge 5 5 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges.

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The Path environment variable and the directory to java in eclipse.