Java was started but returned exit code=13 eclipse [duplicate]

Question

I looked at all the other places and I can't figure out how to do it.

How do you type java -version into the console. Because all I get back is that java is not recognized as a command.

I went on the java site and I got the version 1.7.0_45

so I did this

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin\javaw.exe

instead of

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe

it didn't work either

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe" -1.7.0_45

It also didn't work.

I've downloaded the most recent android sdk of October 30th from the official site. Help?

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.200.v20120913-144807
-product
com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package.product
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256M
-showsplash
com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.package.product
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vm C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6
-Xms40
-Xmx768m
-Declipse.buildId=v22.3.0-887826
-XX:MaxPermSize=512M

Answer 1

The problem is that you are trying to start a 64 bit version of Eclipse with a 32 bit version of Java. You can download it from here

Start Eclipse with a 64 bit JVM and the problem will go away.

To do so:

eclipse.exe -vm c:\path\to\64\bit\bin\javaw.exe

You can also update the the first two lines in your eclipse.ini file to use the 64 bit java by default by doing the following:

-vm
c:\path\to\64\bit\bin\javaw.exe

Also, you can also download a 32 bit version of Eclipse for use with 32 bit Java. The key is that the bitness is the same.