I have difficulty in starting Eclipse

[charles]

I am new to Eclipse. Just downloaded the installation package and want
to start Eclipse for the first time.

I got a "Incompatible_JVM" message saying: "Version 1.3.1_01 of the JVM
is not suitable for this product. Version: 1.4.1 or greater is
required".

On my PC (using XP Professional) there was JDK1.4. I uninstalled it.
Also I ran unmsjvm.exe to uninstall MS java virtual machine, then
reboot. I got the same message.

I installed JDK1.5, then added C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\lib to
CLASSPATH and \bin to PATH. Got the same error when run Eclipse.

Please help. Thank you in advance.

Charles
7/25

 

[Frank Langelage]

I am new to Eclipse. Just downloaded the installation package and want
to start Eclipse for the first time.

I got a "Incompatible_JVM" message saying: "Version 1.3.1_01 of the JVM
is not suitable for this product. Version: 1.4.1 or greater is
required".

On my PC (using XP Professional) there was JDK1.4. I uninstalled it.
Also I ran unmsjvm.exe to uninstall MS java virtual machine, then
reboot. I got the same message.

I installed JDK1.5, then added C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\lib to
CLASSPATH and \bin to PATH. Got the same error when run Eclipse.

Please help. Thank you in advance.

Charles
7/25

Don't rely on env vars. Start eclipse with option
-vm "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\java"

 

[chuanhongzuo]

I am new to Eclipse. Just downloaded the installation package and want
to start Eclipse for the first time.

I got a "Incompatible_JVM" message saying: "Version 1.3.1_01 of the JVM
is not suitable for this product. Version: 1.4.1 or greater is
required".

On my PC (using XP Professional) there was JDK1.4. I uninstalled it.
Also I ran unmsjvm.exe to uninstall MS java virtual machine, then
reboot. I got the same message.

I installed JDK1.5, then added C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\lib to
CLASSPATH and \bin to PATH. Got the same error when run Eclipse.

Please help. Thank you in advance.

Charles
7/25

if you had install oracle of other software ?
these software will change you PATH
check the PATH in your OS
and then put your jdk path info in front of all

 

[charles]

Thank you, Frank! Your idea did work.

Thank you, Mr. Zuo! I moved this portion to the front of the Websphere
portion (which uses 1.3.1_01) and the problem disappeared.

 

[gansvv]

Simple solution

If the path correction doesn't work, use the -vm option or:

Copy and paste the lastest version of JRE from your C:\program files\jre...
to the eclipse folder and rename it as "JRE" and it should work.

Rmbr to remove the underscore characters in the JRe folder name in eclipse folder.

-gansvv

 

[ShuchiGo]

That works superbly! 8)

 

[in5n8]

Thanks gansvv

It really worked gansvv...:congrats: