Eclipse Returns Error Message "Java Was Started But Returned Exit Code = 1"

Eclipse returns error message Java was started but returned exit code = 1

The error message points to a problem with your Java version. Do you have a JDK installed?

Try adding the following (noting the new line):

/!\ make sure, that the -vm option occurs before the -vmargs command.
Everything after -vmargs is passed directly to the JVM.

-vm 
c:/wherever/java/jdk1.6.0_21/jre/bin/server/jvm.dll
-vmargs... 

...to your eclipse.ini file, pointing to the JDK you want to use, and check that the required Java version is at least as new as your JDK. This is the path for a Windows system. More on paths can be found here (scroll down).

If you don't know where the eclipse.ini file is: regularly it is in the folder of your eclipse.exe.

Edit2: @KadoLakatt: the reason why installing the latest Java Version worked for you is because Eclipse checks the standard path for a JVM if it doesn't find a -vm entry (see here). However I'd not recommend that, since you might be wrong guessing the JVM used. If you update Java (automatically?) you might run into problems in your Eclipse wondering what you might have changed. Better set it to a specific folder in your eclipse.ini to be certain.

Java was started but returned with exit code=1

Earlier i have used 64 bit java. Later i have used (x86) java it caused issue. After updating with 64 bit java the issue got resolved.

Eclipse error: java was started but returned exit code=1

I believe this occurs if your eclipse version is 32 bit and JVM is 64 bit or vice versa. Try installing either a new version of eclipse or the other version of java 1.8 for the matching version on your machine and it should work.

Eclipse returned error message “Java was started but returned exit code= 1”

So I tried everything I could find for like 5 hours, and eventually came across this....
Open your eclipse.ini file. It will open in notebook. Mine is located here
D:\eclipse_3.8.1\eclipse

The file starts out looking like this:

-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.v20120522-1813
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vmargs
-Xms512m
-Xmx2G

Above -vmargs, add these two lines:

-vm
location of your jdk javaw.exe file

so that it looks like this:

-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.v20120522-1813
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_45\bin\javaw.exe
-vmargs
-Xms512m
-Xmx2G

Can't start Eclipse - Java was started but returned exit code=13

There are working combinations of OS, JDK and Eclipse bitness. In my case, I was using a 64-bit JDK with a 32-bit Eclipse on a 64-bit OS. After downgrading the JDK to 32-bit, Eclipse started working.

Use one of the following combinations.

• 32-bit OS, 32-bit JDK, 32-bit Eclipse (32-bit only)
• 64-bit OS, 32-bit JDK, 32-bit Eclipse
• 64-bit OS, 64-bit JDK, 64-bit Eclipse (64-bit only)

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