Eclipse crashes at startup; Exit code=13
eclipse, exit-code, java, java-6
Solution
It turns out that a directory had an `!` in its name and eclipse had a problem with that.
Once I switched the directory (from Desktop which is located in the user directory which had `!` in it to C:/ ) everything worked fine. (look at the Djava.class.path in the image located in my the question above for the whole path - it should make it clear what the problem was)
Vista allows you to create a username that contains `!` character and then a lot of programs have issues with it
Update
If somebody is still getting this problem even though their path is ok I suggest
- trying to look at the Environment Variables
- then try uninstalling the Helios EE ( or any other version of ee you are running ) and JDK and then reinstalling the 86x versions of both (they should still work on the 64x platform).
- for further explanation look here
Thank you everybody that tried to help
Problem
I am trying to work with Eclipse Helios on my x64 machine (Im pretty sure now that this problem could occur with any eclipse) but it just doesn't cooperate. When I try to run eclipse I get the following: I have installed - Helios EE x64 (latest version) - JDK 1.6.025 (x64) I have linked my Environment Variables up correctly and tried to compile a Java file through `cmd` and have succeeded. Whenever I tried running eclipse i get `exit code=13 (required java version=1.5)` I tried running the following in cmd: `-vm "mypath\jdk1.6.025\jre\bin"` command as forums suggested as well as other paths `-vm "mypath\jdk1.6.025\bin"` `-vm "mypath\jdk1.6.025\jre\bin\javaw.exe"` even `-vm "mypath\jre6\bin"` out of desperation to no avail. I am all out of ideas and I wonder if anybody had this problem. I even downloaded the helios x86 version and x86 JDK version yet it did not fix the problem. (I changed the environment variables) I changed everything back but I'm stuck... Related Question: Cannot Run Eclipse