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Failed to load the JNI shared Library (JDK)

When I try opening Eclipse, a pop-up dialog states:

Failed to load the JNI shared library "C:/JDK/bin/client/jvm.dll".

Following this, Eclipse force closes.

Here are a few points I'd like to make:

I checked to see if anything exists on that path. It does exist.
My Eclipse and Java SE Development Kit are both 64-bit. I checked my system, and it can handle 64-bit.
I've searched for this problem on Google and StackOverflow, and the only answer I found was to download the 32-bit versions of JDK and Eclipse.

Downloading the 32-bit versions is something I only want to do as a very last resort.
What would be suggested to solve this issue?

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This solves the problem. I added the -vm C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_32\bin\javaw.exe line to my eclipse.ini file and it started up just fine. Thanks for the help +1.

prolink007
– prolink007

2012-09-10 13:36:26 +00:00
Commented Sep 10, 2012 at 13:36
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this work fine please check your version of Java, run java -version in a console and Check that this is the version being used by Eclipse or not

jayesh kavathiya
– jayesh kavathiya

2012-10-10 09:48:34 +00:00
Commented Oct 10, 2012 at 9:48
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I did this with my Java 6 SDK, and it didn't work. I tried it again, pointing to my Java 7 SDK, and it worked. I'm on Windows 8 64-bit, Java 6 and 7 (both 64-bit) and Eclipse Helios (32-bit). I was ready to uninstall and re-install Eclipse 64-bit, but it seems the java 7 SDK includes some new intelligence to run 32 bit apps better.

Ryan Shillington
– Ryan Shillington

2013-01-09 15:40:27 +00:00
Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 15:40
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this works. but need to put -vm in the top of the ini file; at least before -vmargs or --launcher.xxx

pinkdawn
– pinkdawn

2013-03-27 01:33:50 +00:00
Commented Mar 27, 2013 at 1:33
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Very Very Important point that I missed. If you use like: "-vm C:\ProgramFiles\Java\jdk1.6.0_32\bin\javaw.exe" it will never work Correct way "-vm C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_32\bin\javaw.exe" New line after the -vm is very important.

School Boy
– School Boy

2013-12-27 02:11:23 +00:00
Commented Dec 27, 2013 at 2:11

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