[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: eclipse wizard, can't select [ATTN: 64-bit E

[Postie <postiedude@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doesn't work, I have enough of it, I'll dump Eclipse and use something 
else. There is no cure.
> Postie wrote:
> > Eric Rizzo wrote:
> > > I would not expect flawless behavior of 32bit applications on a 
> > > 64-bit OS, especially something complex like a JVM. Have you even 
> > > tried the 64-bit JDK and Eclipse?
> >
> > Yes I've tried them. The 64 bit of eclipse pops up the error messages 
> > attached. But the java 64 bit version is installed in 'C:\Program 
> > Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_10\' and the 32 bit version in 'C:\Program Files 
> > (x86)\Java>'.
>
> You need to explicitly specify the JVM for Eclipse to use. You can do it 
> either as a command-line argument to eclipse.exe or via the eclipse.ini 
> file. This topic is discussed many times in the newsgroup - you can find 
> the details with just a little searching.
>
> Hope this helps,
>     Eric