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Bug 357416

Summary:	Eclipse won't start up if the JavaVM is on a different HDD from the one on which Eclipse is installed.
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Equinox	Reporter:	allan.preston
Component:	Launcher	Assignee:	Project Inbox <equinox.launcher-inbox>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	remy.suen
Version:	4.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:	stalebug

Description allan.preston

2011-09-12 16:31:11 EDT

Build Identifier: Unknown

Eclipse refuses to initialize, reporting that it cannot find a java VM, unless it is installed on the same disk as the JavaVM.

Even if I supply -vm C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe, and put that filepath in the PATH variable, eclipse refuses to start up until its on the same hdd as the VM.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install java on C:, and Eclipse on my 3rd hdd, F:, then doubleclick eclipse.exe
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Comment 1 Remy Suen

2011-09-12 16:36:12 EDT

What if you modify your eclipse.ini with the -vm argument and point it to the VM in question?

Comment 2 Eclipse Genie

2019-06-18 04:06:44 EDT

This bug hasn't had any activity in quite some time. Maybe the problem got resolved, was a duplicate of something else, or became less pressing for some reason - or maybe it's still relevant but just hasn't been looked at yet.

If you have further information on the current state of the bug, please add it. The information can be, for example, that the problem still occurs, that you still want the feature, that more information is needed, or that the bug is (for whatever reason) no longer relevant.

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