eclipse not starting

Question

When I am trying to start eclipse, I am getting following error window:

Java was started but returned exit code=1<br>
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin\javaw.exe<br>
-Xms40m<br>
-Xmx384m<br>
-XX:-UseCompressedOops<br>
XMaxPermSize=256m<br>
-jar C:\Eclipse\\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar<br>
-os win32<br>
-ws win32<br>
-arch x84_64<br>
-showsplash<br>
-launcher C:\Eclipse\eclipse.exe<br>
-name Eclipse<br>
--launcher.library C:\Eclipse\\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.100.v20110502\eclipse_1406.dll<br>
-startup plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar<br>
-launcher.overrideVmargs<br>
-Xms40m<br>
-Xmx384m<br>
-XX:-UseCompressedOops<br>
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m<br>
-jar C:\Eclipse\\plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar<br>

Background:

OS: Wndows 7 64 bit SP1
Java: jdk1.7.0_03
Eclipse: eclipse-SDK-3.7.2-win32-x86_64
Java installation folder: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Connectivity Solution\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files\Dell\DW WLAN Card;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;C:\Program Files\Perforce;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\;C:\Program Files\WIDCOMM\Bluetooth Software\syswow64;D:\Nitin Personal\Softwares\;C:\Windows\System32\;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin

Following is the contents of eclipse.ini:

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.2.0.v20110502.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.100.v20110502
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
openFile
-vm 
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin\javaw.exe
--launcher.defaultAction
-vmargs
-Xms40m
-Xmx384m
-XX:-UseCompressedOops

Please help.

Answer 1

I faced the same problem and it was solved by changing the value of -Xmx to a lower value in eclipse.ini.

The old configuration was:

-vm C:/your_appication/jvm/jvm160_32/jre/bin/javaw.exe -vmargs -Xms128m -Xmx1024m

The new configuration is:

-vm C:/your_appication/jvm/jvm160_32/jre/bin/javaw.exe -vmargs -Xms128m -Xmx256m

Answer 2

I fixed this problem by removing the javaw.exe. Mine was in C:/Windows/system32/javaw.exe