javaw.exe causes exit code 13

[Daevid Vincent]

Miene,

 

I tried your trick of making my Eclipse Indigo use the javaw VM, but it shit the bed…

 

C:\Coding\eclipse\eclipse.exe -vm "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe"

 

Googling a little bit revealed this useful page:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4945178/cannot-run-eclipse-jvm-terminated-exit-code-13

 

The short version is I’m running Windows7 64-bit, so I have to change the line to be:

 

C:\Coding\eclipse\eclipse.exe -vm "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe"

 

Note the lack of (x86). This seems obvious in retrospect, but at the time, I didn’t even know there were TWO different jre6\bin trees on my computer!

 

-Daevid.com

 

[Bob Marley]

Glad things worked out for you. Why do you have two different versions of the JRE?

How many JDK do you have? Careful it might come back to haunt you in the form of unexpected behaviour or bugs.

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[marc cauchy]

You probably need both JRE ( 32 and 64 bits) so everything would work on your box regardless if you are running a native 64 app or a WoW ( WindowOnWindow : 32 bits app on 64 bits OS).
 
For instance if you start Internet Explorer 32 bits, you might not be able to run any applets within the browser if all you have is the JRE 64 bits ( 32 bits app would not be able to host/LoadLibrary a 64 bits library)
 
 
Also, if one day you have an issue with a COM component not registering (or unusable)  or with the registry, be aware that there is 2 keys in the registry as well.
Expl :
  HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\JAVA_VM\JIT
  HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\JAVA_VM\JIT
 
 
 

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Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:08:36 -0800
Subject: Re: javaw.exe causes exit code 13
From: mlee...@gmail.com
To: dae...@daevid.com
CC: seattle-java-andr...@googlegroups.com