Cannot run Eclipse; JVM terminated. Exit code=13

Question

I just append -vm C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe

in eclipse.ini then I try to start eclipse again and got this error. Give me how to solve or link that actually solve it.

this is my eclipse.ini

-startup 
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar
 --launcher.library
 plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.1.R36x_v20100810 
-showsplash
 org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize 256m 
--launcher.defaultAction 
openFile 
-vm 
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe
-vmargs 
-Xms40m 
-Xmx384m

Thank you

Answer 1

I was using Eclipse Juno and I didn't remember if it was 32 or 64 bits. I installed Java 32 bits and that's why it failed. I then installed Java 64 bits and Eclipse Juno is working again.

I also removed any java or jre reference in my environment variables (PATH).

Answer 2

This error occurred to me on ubuntu, having installed 32bit and 64bit java. Use

sudo update-alternatives --config java

to set the right version to use as default.

Answer 3

I face same issue with sts 3.8.4, so I tried different settings but not luck, I reinstall jdk again n tried but same problem. Finally I downloaded sts 3.8.2 n it runs with out any issue. Using windows 8, 64 bit os. thanks

Answer 4

Look at the second line of the message box. There you can see which java runtime in fact is started. Mine was suddenly C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaw.exe. This happened after I have installed a "chrome java updater" (Chrome browser moaned: 'your java is outdated, you have to update...').

Before this "chrome java update" my eclipse (luna jee x64) started without error. Looking closer to the background I detected following: the chrome java updater (notabene started from an Oracle site) added C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath in front of the env var PATH. It contains three symbolic links to the newest java 8 JRE installation in (x86) program folder -> hence to a 32 bit java JRE. Oracle replaces with Java8 the old technique having the symlinks in system32 (64bit) resp. SysWOW64 (32bit).

Answer 5

Recently I faced same issue.My version of eclipse didnt support java version 8.

I had accidently installed jre 8 on my machine which automatically updated my PATH variable by appending "C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath" in the beginging which led eclipse to pick up this version(and ignore the manually added 1.6 version which came later in order)and crash with exit code 13.

I just removed this string from the path so which led system to pick up my older version and eclipse started just fine.

Answer 6

This can happen when the PATH environment variable is point to a wrong java instalation.