Running Java gives “Error: could not open `C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\amd64\jvm.cfg'”

Question

After years of working OK, I\'m suddenly getting this message when trying to start the JVM:

Error: could not open `C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre6\\lib\\amd64\         


        

Answer 1

Had suddenly the same Problem, from one day to another eclipse said

Failed to load the JNI shared library "C:/JDK/bin/client/jvm.dll"`.

after trying to run java on the console

Error: could not open `C:\WINDOWS\jre\lib\amd64\jvm.cfg' 

now i just deleted the whole directory

C:\WINDOWS\jre

and everything worked again... i don't know there this jre came from, i hope it was not a virus