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Bug 319153

Summary:	Eclipse will not start
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Kenneth Ford <kenford>
Component:	IDE	Assignee:	Platform-UI-Inbox <Platform-UI-Inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	critical
Priority:	P3	CC:	remy.suen
Version:	3.6
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description Kenneth Ford

2010-07-07 11:55:45 EDT

Build Identifier: Eclipse Helios(build ID ?)

When I click on the Eclipse logo I get the following message:

A Java Run time Environment(JRE) or Java Development Kit(JDK) must be 
available in order to run Eclipse. No virtual machine was found after
searching the following location:
C:\Program files \EclipseHelios\eclipse\jre\bin\javaw.exe in your current
path. I put the file jre-6u20-windows-x64 in the bin directory and I get the above message.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install Eclipse Helios
2. attempt to start the program by clicking on the eclipse Icon.

Comment 1 Remy Suen

2010-07-07 12:00:18 EDT

(In reply to comment #0)
> I put the file jre-6u20-windows-x64 in the bin directory and I get the
> above message.

You need to install a JRE. Not put the setup file in there.

Also, which Eclipse download did you get? What is its name?

Comment 2 Prakash Rangaraj

2010-07-29 06:12:17 EDT

(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > I put the file jre-6u20-windows-x64 in the bin directory and I get the
> > above message.
> 
> You need to install a JRE. Not put the setup file in there.
> 
> Also, which Eclipse download did you get? What is its name?

    Feel free to reopen when you find answers the question.