Eclipse Installation Error Code 13 - Quick Fix!

Eclispe Helios - Installation Error on Windows

Is your eclipse tool failing to start on windows ?. Are you getting error code 13 while running eclipse Helios or a later version?. Does your eclipse fails with Java was started but returned exit code=13 error as shown below?. Then here is the fix.

Eclipse Exit code=13 : Quick Fix

You are more likely to get "Java was started but returned exit code=13" error when there is a mismatch between the installed Eclipse and Java. More likely that installed eclipse is 64-bit and java is 32-bit or vice versa.

Verify via command prompt and update the eclipse.ini to pick the right jvm. As shown below the version of java is 64 bit.



Update the javaw.exe path in eclipse.ini file as shown below.

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.1.R36x_v20101122_1400.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.2.R36x_v20101222
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256M
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vm
C:\Avi\tools\OpenJDK8U-jdk_x64_windows_hotspot_8u332b09\jdk8u332-b09\jre\bin\javaw.exe
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m

Once the right java path is updated, eclipse should start just fine.

Checkout the video tutorial on how to fix eclipse installation error.

• Refer Stackoverflow discussion here Eclipse Error while starting

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