Java won't work (Possibly related to installing QTP)

Question

I was working on eclipse two days ago, and closed it properly.
Now, when I'm trying to start it, I get the splash screen popping for a blink of an eye, then disappearing.

I get:

no error message, and
no error is logged in the <workspace>\.metadata\.log file (the last errors logged there are from two days ago).

Apparently, the problem isn't with the workspace, because I changed the SHOW_WORKSPACE_SELECTION_DIALOG argument in <eclipse>\configurations\.settings\org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs to true, and it doesn't even get as far as showing the dialog.

There's only one thing I can recall I did before it stopped working - I have installed a plugin for UFT Java Extensibility SDK from HP.
Needless to say uninstalling it didn't help.

Is there any other log I can hope to find helpful?
Or anything else I can do to get it to work?

EDIT:

I was just trying to start another instance of eclipse I have (adt-bundle-windows-x86-20130219), and got the same outcome.

EDIT:

I added Java & QTP to the title in order to help others who bumps into the same issue.

Try running with the [`-consoleLog`](http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Freference%2Fmisc%2Fruntime-options.html) option and see if that sheds any light. — Peter K., May 05 '13 at 00:25
Thanks. already tried `-consoleLog`, `-clean` and `-noExit`. all endded up the same way. — Elist, May 05 '13 at 00:30
Absolutely nothing on the command line? Oh well, I'm out of ideas then! :-( — Peter K., May 05 '13 at 00:39
You are saying two eclipses in you computer, that have nothing to do with each other, can't start and show no error? — acdcjunior, May 05 '13 at 00:44
And made sure you have ownership and execute permissions on all of the .exe and .dll files? — nitind, May 05 '13 at 04:43
@Arne, you are right - Java is not working. I tried to reinstall jre and it didn't work. what do I do? — Elist, May 05 '13 at 09:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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If the JRE is somehow the issue, try installing a JDK (not a JRE), in a non-default path (for instance, C:\Prog\Java\JDK1.7.0_xx), and make sure your eclipse.ini explicitly reference that JDK.

-vm
C:/Prog/Java/jdk1.7.0_21/jre/bin/server/jvm.dll

(you can use '/' even on Windows in an eclipse.ini file)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered May 05 '13 at 14:24

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '13 at 16:31

The problem was indeed with Java (Thanks Arne). Re-installing the jre didn't help, so I also tried to deleted the JAVA_OPTIONS and JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS enviroment variables, which solved the problem.

Later, I found this discussion which seems related to my problem: http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Unified-Functional-Testing/Environment-variables-JAVA-OPTIONS-and-JAVA-TOOL-OPTIONS-is/td-p/5855995.

I will look more deeply into it later, when I will start using HP's plugin, but I hope this thread can help others who run into trouble with eclipse after installing this plugin.

Interesting feedback. +1. You didn't need to install and reference a JDK, then? — VonC, May 05 '13 at 16:53

Java won't work (Possibly related to installing QTP)

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