version 1.4.2_03 of the jvm is not suitable for this product. 1.5 or greater is required problem

Question

Today i installed windows xp 2002 service pack2, eclipse was working fine on previous same window but now when i run eclipse it gives "version 1.4.2_03 is not suitable for this product.1.5 or greater is required" message and does not run. For checking my version of jvm, i visited java.com and clicked upon free java download button, it verified that i am having recommended java installed(1.6.0_27-ea) but eclipse is giving above mentioned message.Kindly tell me that what should i do?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Go to the directory where eclipse is installed and find a file called eclipse.ini. Open it and add the following lines

-vm
C:\Java\JDK\1.5\bin\javaw.exe

Make sure:

1. You add that text before any -vmargs option that may be in that file.
2. The -vm is on its own line and the path to javaw.exe is on its own line.
3. You specify the full path to your JDK 1.5's javaw.exe

Answer 2

1. Try to uninstall previous Java version (if it is present)

2. Find and replace with newer version the 'java.exe' binary, located somewhere on C:\Java\JDK\1.5\bin\javaw.exe