Java could not create virtual machine and other errors

Question

My eclipse won't start since a few days. If I manage to get one error message at start to go away, it will be another new one, or another that I thought I'd already fixed. I do not know what exactly I've done so far, but I'll summarize as far as I remember. One thing you should know: it was very much.

I tried to:
1. Setting the -Xms[WXYZ] variable to another values, like 256M, 512M, 1024M and 2048M in the
- eclipse.ini
- environment variables
2. Added in eclipse.ini before -vmargs
- -vm [absolute path to my jdk\bin\javaw.exe]
- -vm [absolute path to my jre\bin\server\jvm.dll]
3. Changed environment variables
- I don't know anymore what I've done there
4. At some point I tried something with the JAVA_HOME environment variable, but it does not helped at all.

I think that I've done so far all of these imaginable combinations.
I've deleted eclipse and reinstalled JRE and JDK, I think I've got nothing left.

Here are all of this pictures on imgur itself (because I can't post images).

It were a great help if anyone could help me with that problem.

Edit: The current error message is:
Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine.

Edit 02: Changed system variable _JAVA_OPTIONS from value in picture to -Xms512M

Edit 03: If i start eclipse with [path to eclipse]\eclipse -vm C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_202\bin\javaw.exe it stated that a runtime environment or development kit has to be available in order to run eclipse. It give me just C:\Program as location. However, if I take the absolute path and write it into the eclipse.ini, i get the same error message (Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine.)

How about telling us the current error message? – nitind Mar 25 '19 at 20:36 — nitind, Mar 25 '19 at 20:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 25 '19 at 20:28

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if possible remove -vm P:\Programs\jdk1.6\bin line more details in here Eclipse error: 'Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine'

answered Mar 25 '19 at 20:28

Tarek Rahman

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It's not written in eclipse.ini :/ – Broken Dust Mar 25 '19 at 21:41

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 25 '19 at 20:31

Open the Control Panel ■ Go to System ■ Go to Advanced Systems Properties ■ Then Environment Variables ■ In System Variables, click Add ■ New Variable Name: _JAVA_OPTIONS ■ New Variable Value: -Xmx512M ■ Click OK That's it, your Java program should now be able to execute properly. For those interested, Java -Xmx/s is the configuration parameter that control the amount of memory Java uses.

■ Xmx sets the maximum heap memory size ■ Xms sets the minimum heap memory size See http://www.jafaloo.com/2011/10/30/java-xmx-memory-settings/ for more details on Java Heap memory size and parameters.

Thank you for the tip, but the temporary error message is still there :/ — Broken Dust, Mar 25 '19 at 21:40

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 27 '19 at 17:46

I've done it.

The temporary newest Version of eclipse (2019-03) does NOT match with the newest Versions of JDK or JRE, as one of my lecturer told me.

So I head back to my favourite Version of eclipse; Luna. And I've got to delete all Java Version on my PC.

I have now Java 8 Update 202 on my PC. You can find it at this link, it is the jdk-8u201-windows-x64 (for Win10 64-bit) file.

JRE is included in this Version of Java.

Another zip`s of eclipse can be found at this link.

In my case, I had to configure the eclipse.ini file again:

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_201\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
--add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM

I had to correct the -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=-Line and had to add the absolute path to my jvm.dll, as I had add the --add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM-line. I can't tell you if this is necessary.
You can check your Java Version via CMD-> java -version

Now I had to get to the system environment variables and had to change:
JAVA_OPTIONS to Value -Xms256m -Xms512m
JAVA_HOME to C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_202\bin
and had to add to the Path: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_201\bin and C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_202\bin

I could've set all [...]\jre1.8.0_202\bin[...] to [...]Java\jdk1.8.0_201\jre\bin, but I don't wanted anymore, I'm just happy to fixed it finally.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 11 '19 at 10:41

I had a similar problem on Windows 10. I upgraded my JDK to version 8 update 211 and added the following line to eclipse.ini just before the line containing -vmargs:

-vm
C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_211/bin/javaw.exe

It resolved the problem. Please consider using forward slash i.e. / instead of backslash.

Java could not create virtual machine and other errors

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