Bug 309935 - When started Eclipse displays a message: the Eclipse executable launcher was unable to locate its companion shared library
Summary: When started Eclipse displays a message: the Eclipse executable launcher was ...
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: EPP
Classification: Technology
Component: jee-package (show other bugs)
Version: 1.2.2   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows Vista
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: 1.3.0   Edit
Assignee: Project Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2010-04-21 08:05 EDT by wiepnijdam CLA
Modified: 2012-02-01 17:39 EST (History)
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Description wiepnijdam CLA 2010-04-21 08:05:41 EDT 
After downloading and unzipping I tried to start eclipse but it gave me a message telling me that "the Eclipse executable launcher was unable to locate its companion shared library".

I tried rebooting my system but that was of no help.

BTW: why am I able to download two different versions?
eclipse-jee-galileo-win32.zip vs. eclipse-jee-galileo-SR2-win32.zip using 2 different paths on the website. Which is the most latest and stable? 
I tried both but both had the same problem.
Comment 1 Markus Knauer CLA 2010-04-21 08:26:30 EDT 
* Service Release 2 (SR2) of the Galileo Simultaneous Release is the latest stable version.

* Which Java version are you running (try "java -version")? Is it a 32-bit Windows or a 64-bit version?

* Can you send us the exact URLs of the websites that listed the different versions? http://eclipse.org/downloads has only the link to the latest version.
Comment 2 Andrew CLA 2010-09-04 11:23:21 EDT 
I'm getting a similar problem with Eclipse 3.6; I was getting freezing with the Android SDK and it was suggested I changed a plug in file to eclipse_1308.dll; I did that and haven't been able to run Eclipse since - changing back makes no difference. eclipse.ini has the correct java directory set; I've been unable to run eclipse for 8 weeks now - getting a little frustrated with the system...

-Andrew
Comment 3 David Williams CLA 2010-09-04 12:45:48 EDT 
(In reply to comment #2)
> I'm getting a similar problem with Eclipse 3.6; I was getting freezing with 
> the Android SDK ....

I don't know much about the Android SDK, but a little google search found this message on one of their sites "Caution: There are known issues with the ADT plugin running with Eclipse 3.6. Please stay on 3.5 until further notice."
See http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html
Comment 4 Andrew CLA 2010-09-04 18:34:09 EDT 
Thanks for the reply; I'm downloading 3.5 as I type.
-Andrew
(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > I'm getting a similar problem with Eclipse 3.6; I was getting freezing with 
> > the Android SDK ....
> 
> I don't know much about the Android SDK, but a little google search found this
> message on one of their sites "Caution: There are known issues with the ADT
> plugin running with Eclipse 3.6. Please stay on 3.5 until further notice."
> See http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html
Comment 5 Charles Ziegler CLA 2012-02-01 17:39:29 EST 
You need to download the java runtime environment.