21214 – Cannot launch eclipse on Windows 2000

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Bug 21214 - Cannot launch eclipse on Windows 2000

Summary: Cannot launch eclipse on Windows 2000

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 19252

Alias:	None

Product:	Platform
Classification:	Eclipse Project
Component:	Resources (show other bugs)
Version:	2.0
Hardware:	PC Windows 2000

Importance:	P3 blocker (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	DJ Houghton
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Duplicates (1):	24107 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2002-07-03 14:30 EDT by Junaid Bhatra
Modified:	2002-10-02 13:18 EDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Junaid Bhatra

2002-07-03 14:30:15 EDT

Startup aborts, giving the following error. Note that my install directory does 
not contain any invalid characters like ^#~

!MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
!STACK
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: java.lang.ClassCastException: 
org.apache.xerces.parsers.StandardParserConfiguration
	at org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.<init>(SAXParser.java:95)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.PluginParser.initializeParser
(PluginParser.java:78)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.PluginParser.<clinit>
(PluginParser.java:43)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processManifestFile
(RegistryLoader.java:89)
	at 
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processPluginPathFile
(RegistryLoader.java:136)
	at 
org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processPluginPathEntry
(RegistryLoader.java:127)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.processManifestFiles
(RegistryLoader.java:104)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.parseRegistry
(RegistryLoader.java:63)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.RegistryLoader.parseRegistry
(RegistryLoader.java:71)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.parsePlugins
(InternalPlatform.java:734)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.loadRegistry
(InternalPlatform.java:678)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.InternalPlatform.loaderStartup
(InternalPlatform.java:564)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.boot.InternalBootLoader.startup
(InternalBootLoader.java:909)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.boot.InternalBootLoader.run
(InternalBootLoader.java:768)
	at org.eclipse.core.boot.BootLoader.run(BootLoader.java:462)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:248)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:698)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:534)

Comment 1 Olivier Thomann

2002-07-04 10:12:02 EDT

Could you please check that you don't have a version of xerces in the ext dir or
on the classpath of the JRE you are using to start Eclipse? This version of
xerces would be used instead of the one provided with Eclipse.

Comment 2 John Arthorne

2002-07-12 14:58:41 EDT

Invalid.  You need to remove the offending version of xerces in the 
JDK's ext directory or omit it from the path when you launch eclipse.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 19252 ***

Comment 3 Sonia Dimitrov

2002-10-02 13:18:09 EDT

*** Bug 24107 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***