Cannot find javaw on eclipse to run hello world

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This is some strange and annoying issue i am facing . I was just going through some issue and decided to write simple program to solve it. It seems that eclipse cannot execute "hello world" and this is the error message I get

Exception occurred executing command line. Cannot run program ""\"C:\Program
Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe\""" (in directory "D:\Vishal_j2E\HelloWorld")
CreateProcess error=3, The system cannot find the path specified

Notice the javaw.exe path.

Then I copied the Java folder to D: (may be something to do with space between program file) and in eclipse

 Windows>Preference>Java>Installed Jres

added the D: path to it. Still I have the same issue except for the path has changed from C: to D:

 Exception occurred executing command line.
Cannot run program ""\"D:\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe\""" 
(in directory "D:\Vishal_j2E\HelloWorld"): CreateProcess error=3, 
The system cannot find the path specified

What seems confusing to me is "\" before both path. I believe this may be the actual issue but i couldn't find anything to solve it

PS: My Android and Java EE apps work fine. and yes execution through command line also works

Edit 1: 1.Using Juno

2.this is what I get from

%PATH% C:\Python33\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;D:\android- sdk-windows\tools;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin; C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin; D:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools;C:\Program Files\Mercurial;C:\Progra m Files\Apache-Subversion-1.7.2\bin;E:\Vishal\sw\dex2jar-0.0.7.11-SNAPSHOT\dex2j ar-0.0.7.11-SNAPSHOT;C:\Program Files\bin\repo;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\TomSe rve\apache-tomcat-7.0.29\bin;D:\Maven\apache-maven-3.0.4\bin

%JAVA_HOME%

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '13 at 03:51

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This is not an actual answer but rather the last resort. I had to re-setup my development environment That includes fresh Java installation, Environment Variables and Eclipse.

answered Feb 12 '13 at 03:51

Its not blank

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '13 at 04:42

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open eclipse.ini

and change the following line

-vmargs

to include path to your javaw.exe

save and restart eclipse it should work

answered Feb 06 '13 at 04:42

Satya

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where is your java installation located – Satya Feb 06 '13 at 05:21
please see edit 1. I still have a bad feeling about "\" and multiple """ – Its not blank Feb 06 '13 at 08:18

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 06 '13 at 04:44

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I guess in eclipse instalation folder eclipse.ini file will be there. In this file need to change java instalation path.

-vm
C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_26/bin/javaw.exe

change this to your java instalation directory.

answered Feb 06 '13 at 04:44

NPKR

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Cannot find javaw on eclipse to run hello world

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