How to fix Eclipse Launcher Launcher unable to find its shared shared library for Windows 7?

Question

I get the following error when starting Eclipse:

Running the eclipse executable program could not find its shared library.

Earlier, Eclipse worked fine when I had jre6 installed on my computer. After installing jre7 update 25 I can no longer run Eclipse.

My Eclipse ini -file has the following lines:

 -startup plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.100.v20080509-1800.jar --launcher.library plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.1.R36x_v20100810 

How to fix this error? Any help would be great.

Answer 1

There was a similar problem that was the result of the update. Make sure that the names of the libraries mentioned in eclipse.ini and the actual names of these files on your disk are exactly the same.

 -startup plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.100.v20080509-1800.jar --launcher.library plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.1.R36x_v20100810 

Here is the message I used to fix this problem on my system http://codewithgeeks.blogspot.in/2013/11/fixing-eclipse-executable-launcher-was.html

Answer 2

It worked only after deleting the eclipse folder and all the folders associated with it, such as .p2, .eclipse (in my case they are in another place where I saved the eclipse installer), etc., and after reloading the eclipse it worked .

Answer 3

This is a problem with the 64-bit version of Kepler and windows7 in my case. I downloaded 32 bits and it worked right away.

Answer 4

It worked for me

In the Zipped ADT folder, you first download unzip and go to:

ADT-pack window-x86_64-20140702 \ eclipse \ plugin

Copy all jar executables and paste them into

C: \ adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702 \ adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702 \ eclipse \ plugins

(or wherever you are).
Any jar executables that are not in the plugin folder will be added. You should be able to run eclipse

Answer 5

In my case, I mistakenly moved the plugins folder to another folder, taking a backup of my unnecessary projects. Then, when I tried to run eclipse.exe, I got an error -

Launching the Eclipse launcher could not find its satellite shared library.

I just copied the plugins folder to overshadow the root directory and it worked fine for me.

If you have a backup of the folders on your computer, just copy and paste the folders into the eclipse directory, you do not need to reinstall or modify the ini file so far, I understand.

Answer 6

This happened to me when removing some Equinox package from my plugins directory, make sure it is not.

Answer 7

In my case, this error occurred due to Windows 7 shortcuts. On Windows, we create shortcuts on the desktop by right-clicking> send to> desktop. There is no desktop option on my computer, but there is one for "documents." I created shortcuts and then moved them to the desktop. Running these shortcuts causes an error. Eclipse works great when I run it directly from the folder where it is installed. I fixed it by right-clicking> create shortcut and then moving this shortcut to the desktop.

Answer 8

The reason for this may be 2 lines in eclipse.ini

 --launcher.library C:\Users\UserName\.p2\pool\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.400.v20160518-1444 

for my case, the reason was admin privilages, so I had to move the folder from the path specified in ini to my eclipse plugins and change the path in ini to:

 plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.400.v20160518-1444 

Answer 9

I encountered a similar problem after installing new software. In my case, the problem was solved by: (1) restoring the .p2 subdirectory under my home directory; and (2) editing the eclipse.init file to update the java directory.

Answer 10

In my case, I copied the plugins folder to the workspace from a colleague. Becaouse it was an unpacked folder, the structure was similar to the "pluginsfolder inside the plugins folder2". so make sure all plugins are located directly in the toppest plugins folder in the workspace.