Eclipse reported "Failed to load JNI shared library"

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I can't open Eclipse because I get an alert that says

Failed to load JNI shared library C:\Program Files (x86)\eclipse\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll

I've found a kind of solution on YouTube, Eclipse Failed to load JNI library fix.

He says that you only have to download a JRE 7 folder. Then I just have to replace C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\server\jvm.dll with C:\Program Files (x86)\eclipse\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll.

But where is the JRE 7 link?

Probably it's happening because of jre and eclipse version (32/64 bit) mismatch. Go to configuration folder of eclipse setup and see log files for exact reason. — Sohan Badaya, Sep 18 '14 at 18:06
check your path environment variable that you include 32 bit jdk — Deniz, Apr 15 '16 at 13:58
Eclipse seems to depend on the PATH in Windows, and I had an Spss one first and "C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath" was missing. — js2010, Sep 14 '17 at 22:13

score 197 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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First, ensure that your version of Eclipse and JDK match, either both 64-bit or both 32-bit (you can't mix-and-match 32-bit with 64-bit).

Second, the -vm argument in eclipse.ini should point to the java executable. See http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini for examples.

If you're unsure of what version (64-bit or 32-bit) of Eclipse you have installed, you can determine that a few different ways. See How to find out if an installed Eclipse is 32 or 64 bit version?

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Copy jre folder from this path "C:\Program Files\jre" – Khaled Musaied Aug 24 '12 at 02:50
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64bit java 32bit eclipse was the problem for me. – Kinjal Dixit Nov 04 '12 at 04:45
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The -vm argument solved it for me. – Rajaraman May 08 '13 at 05:20
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32 bit java and 64 bit eclipse was the problem for me – user568109 May 18 '13 at 17:28
You would think it could detect this and give a more helpful error message. – philologon Dec 12 '13 at 03:21
My problem was that, after I realized that I'm missing Java, I downloaded the Java auto-installer from my 32bit browser, so Java thought it should install 32bit version. – userfuser May 09 '14 at 21:33
installing Java 64bit and updating the path environment variable to point to the new 64bit installation worked for me! – johnw182 Aug 13 '14 at 19:20
How to know how many bit Eclipse is installed? – gstackoverflow Oct 27 '14 at 15:41
@gstackoverflow, I updated the answer with some help on that. – E-Riz Oct 27 '14 at 15:48
34 bit java and 62 bit eclipse was the problem for me. – Ogen Dec 01 '14 at 03:11
SOLUTION, DONT MIX 32 BIT AND 64 BIT EXECUTABLES – Erdinc Ay Mar 17 '15 at 10:30

score 66 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 29 '13 at 21:47

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Installing a 64-bit version of Java will solve the issue. Go to page Java Downloads for All Operating Systems

This is a problem due to the incompatibility of the Java version and the Eclipse version both should be 64 bit if you are using a 64-bit system.

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The solution in that video didn't work for me.. – Namila Jun 13 '12 at 08:10
I had already 64 bit version with same problem. Re-installing/updating solved it too. – Tim Dec 11 '12 at 22:24
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This did not fix it for me. 32 bit java, 32 bit eclipse, 64 bit W7. – anon58192932 Dec 21 '12 at 18:48
Yes, this was the problem in my case. Also i set jdk\bin path in PATH variable instead of jre\bin to get it work. – Wahib Ul Haq May 21 '13 at 12:06

score 19 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 29 '13 at 21:54

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Yep, in Windows 7 64 bit you have C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86). You can find Java folders in both of them, but you must add C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin to environment variable PATH.

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Moreover, you can have multiple versions of Java (on all platforms) and have forgotten, so make sure the system only sees one of them. I just go – Alex Aug 07 '12 at 14:20

score 10 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 29 '13 at 21:48

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JRE 7 is probably installed in Program Files\Java and NOT Program Files(x86)\Java.

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This presumes an English version of Windows. – Peter Mortensen Jul 29 '13 at 21:49

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