Eclipse is running in a JRE, but a JDK is required (IDEs and Version Control forum at JavaRanch)
Problem solved thanks to java ranch on anoher thread here is he correct setting in the eclipse.ini file -vm C:\JavaJDK\Java\jdk1.6.0_01\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll Here is the ini file in full; -startup plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.l...