[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Installation problem

[Eric Rizzo <eclipse5@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

TR wrote:
> Hi,
> I was trying to install the Eclipse on my PC for the first time. And I 
> got the following error messages:
> - Unable to access jarfile startup.jar
>
> Then I clicked "Ok", and there was another message:
>
> JVM terminated. Exit code=1
> C:\WINNT\system32\javaw.exe

[snip]

You need to specify to Eclipse what JVM to use; in your case Eclipse is 
defaulting to the javaw.exe in your Windows directory, which is 
Micro$osft's crappy JRE and does not support Eclipse.
The Eclipse Help docs and numerous newsgroup postings talk about how to 
specify a JVM to the Eclipse executable; I'm sure you can figure it out 
with a little bit of research.

Hope this helps,
	Eric