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error installing Eclipse Helios

 
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hi everyone. I am trying to install eclipse helios on my machine and am having funny errors.
I am running windows server 2003 because my xp machine just crashed.
error: "failed to create the java virtual machine", when I double-click the eclipse icon/shortcut.
the target settings are: "C:\Program Files\eclipse\eclipse.exe" -clean -vmargs -Xms1024m -Xmx1024m.
starts in "C:\Program Files\eclipse". shortcut-key set to NONE, and set to run in NORMAL WINDOW.
can you please help?
Thank you,
 
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Is the Java SDK installed? What do you get if you type the command 'javac -version' at a command prompt?
 
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hi greg. yes, the sdk/jre were all installed. got it working later on, thank you.
 
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got it working later on


Please describe what you did to get it to work. This information will be of benefit to other people who run into the same issue.
 
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whenn I extracted the .rar installation files at first, I did not point to the correct directory c:\program files\eclipse. So I deleted the eclipse folder, together with my workspace folder (metadata and project folder), and started from the beginning. it worked smothly.
 
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