JDK issue with Eclipse Neon on my Windows 7 desktop

Question

On my Windows 7 64 bit desktop, I have the following JDK installed to the following directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_80

I downloaded Eclipse Neon (eclipse-jee-neon-2-win32-x86_64) to my desktop.

In System Variables, "JAVA_HOME" is currently set "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_80".

If I set PATH "%JAVA_HOME%" then double clicked eclipse.exe, I receieved the following error:

then it exited.

If I set PATH "%JAVA_HOME%\bin" then double clicked eclipse.exe, I receieved the following error:

then it exited.

Then I added the following lines to the top of the eclipse.ini file,

-vm
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_80\bin\javaw.exe

and double clicked eclipse.exe, it showed the following error:

followed by the following error message:

I am sure there was something wrong with the setting of the JDK path but am unable to figure out where went wrong.

Answer 1

You have to install 64 bit of JDK or JRE in order to run also you have to set JAVA_HOME path to 64 bit JDK or JRE and refer here