Can't open eclipse with Windows 7 (doesn't see jdk jde)

Question

I'm trying to open eclipse for the first time, but otherwise I have this same problem as [Eclipse cannot find javaw.exe.

The bit depth isn't resolving the issue. I have JDE & JDK 8 update 45 installed, and I've downloaded latest 64-bit version of Eclipse.

The information given on command line is a little over my head. I have very little experience with using the command line. I tried running the -vm switch and the path, but it doesn't recognize -vm as a command.

Can anyone give more explicit info on this problem?

Answer 1

are you using Eclipse 64 bit and JRE and JDK on 32 bit? this will not work, as Eclipse searches for the JRE/JDK installed matching its own bits.

so either all is 32 bit or all is 64 bit

Answer 2

You probably need to set the environment variables JAVA_HOME and the PATH to your installation of JDK.

See http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm

Answer 3

but it doesn't recognize -vm as a command

it works fine if placed in the eclipse.ini

-vm
C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_45/bin
[...default configuration below]

adjust path as needed of course