Just updated Eclipse, and it will no longer start

[JMarkMurphy]

Describe the bug I just updated Eclipse, and now it will not start here is the log file:

!SESSION 2024-10-17 15:04:54.713 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=4.33.0.20240905-0613
java.version=21.0.4
java.vendor=Eclipse Adoptium
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=en_US
Framework arguments:  -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
Command-line arguments:  -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product

!ENTRY ch.qos.logback.classic 1 0 2024-10-17 15:04:58.261
!MESSAGE Activated before the state location was initialized. Retry after the state location is initialized.

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2024-10-17 15:04:58.788
!MESSAGE Application error
!STACK 1
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Could not load SWT library. Reasons:
    C:\eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\1960\0\.cp\swt-win32-4966r5.dll: The specified procedure could not be found
    no swt-win32 in java.library.path: C:\eclipse;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-11.0.19.7-hotspot\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;e:\batch;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access\bin\;C:\Users\mmurphy\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\mmurphy\.dotnet\tools;.
    no swt in java.library.path: C:\eclipse;C:\Windows\Sun\Java\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-11.0.19.7-hotspot\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\TortoiseGit\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;e:\batch;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access\bin\;C:\Users\mmurphy\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\mmurphy\.dotnet\tools;.
    C:\Users\mmurphy\.swt\lib\win32\x86_64\swt-win32-4966r5.dll: The specified procedure could not be found
    Can't load library: C:\Users\mmurphy\.swt\lib\win32\x86_64\swt-win32.dll
    Can't load library: C:\Users\mmurphy\.swt\lib\win32\x86_64\swt.dll
    C:\Users\mmurphy\.swt\lib\win32\x86_64\swt-win32-4966r5.dll: The specified procedure could not be found

    at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:345)
    at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:254)
    at org.eclipse.swt.internal.C.<clinit>(C.java:19)
    at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.STARTUPINFO.<clinit>(STARTUPINFO.java:42)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:150)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createDisplay(Workbench.java:721)
    at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createDisplay(PlatformUI.java:185)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.createDisplay(IDEApplication.java:182)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:125)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:208)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:143)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:109)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:439)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:271)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:668)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:605)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1481)

Environment:

1. Select the platform(s) on which the behavior is seen:

   • • [ ] All OS
   • • [X] Windows
   • • [ ] Linux
   • • [ ] macOS

2. Additional OS info (e.g. OS version, Linux Desktop, etc) Windows 10

3. JRE/JDK version I don't know really, the log reports Java 21 but I have Java 11 in my library path. Do I have to upgrade to Java 21 manually?

[merks]

Can you provide more details about exactly which version of Windows is involved? The problem sounds familiar and related to quite old versions of Windows.

[JMarkMurphy]

It's worse than I thought

It is Windows Server 2016 Version 1607 (OS Build 14393.5989)

This is the way it is because we had some severe performance issues surrounding Java, JDBC, and Talend Open Studio, all most recent versions. We tried a couple newer versions of the OS, updated drivers, and the Talend application, but nothing could make it work well. neither Talend nor Microsoft were any help, so we are stuck with this release for now. Upgrading just causes a performance hit gong from processing 2000 rows per second to 12.

[iloveeclipse]

I would be happy with a work around.

You could try to use Virtualbox with some modern OS inside on your corporate laptop?

[jukzi]

Windows Server 2016 not supported https://stackoverflow.com/a/79014382

[jukzi]

duplicates https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt/issues/1500