Missing tools.jar when launching STS application

Question

I have the latest STS4. I am using installed java-1.8 JDK not embedded as the execution environment. My project just runs fine without any issue.

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Answer 1

For me, I had to do two things to make it work:

1. Remove vmargs:
   • vmargs
   • Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
2. Setting the JDK:
   • vm
     C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131\bin