Eclipse shows "Cannot execute binary file" when running Java application

Question

I have a simple Java application but when I run it on Eclipse, the following error will be shown in console.

/Eter/Jack/Java - Installation/jre1.7.0/bin/java: /Eter/Jack/Java - Installation/jre1.7.0/bin/java: cannot execute binary file

Running this command "java -version" in terminal shows following

java version "1.7.0_71"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_71-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.71-b01, mixed mode)

Perhaps you should reinstall Java, it looks like you've given a bad path... or you're trying to run a version of Java for a different platform. — Elliott Frisch, Jan 05 '15 at 02:17
Based on your error above, it's the wrong Java. What platform, and what did you download? — Elliott Frisch, Jan 05 '15 at 02:23
I removed jre1.7.0, it is not showing Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 error — Jack, Jan 05 '15 at 02:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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I had a look at the jre1.7.0 to find out it has .exe files. I removed the folder and it showed a new error as following.

Unsupported major.minor version 51.0

Using this answer I changed the version of my Java on Eclipse and that solved the problem.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered Jan 05 '15 at 02:35

Jack

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