Solutions To A Very Common Error in Eclipse : "Java was started but returned exit code=13"

Hello everybody!

Yesterday I encountered this problem after I updated the java on my laptop. It was definitely not the first time I have seen that error message and I know it is a bit annoying. So I thought I could write a short blog post about the solutions to this problem. I hope this entry is useful for you too!


First of all, we need to be sure that we have compatible versions of Eclipse and Java installed on our system. That means if you have a 64bit operating system, these softwares need to be 64bit versions as well.

Secondly if you have this error code, your jdk version may be different than the java version installed on your computer. For example if you updated your java to the latest version, probably your jdk will need an update too. In my case, this was the problem and just updating the jdk has solved my problem.

I will edit this post if I see any other reasons that may cause this problem.

Hope to see you in the next post!

Selen