Could not find tools.jar in the active JRE - Spring Tools Suite

java spring-tool-suite tools.jar
user8883325 picture user8883325 · Mar 8, 2019 · Viewed 35.5k times · Source

I know there are multiple topics about that, but none of it is about Spring Tools Suite. And i'm finding informations that this file no longer exists in newer Java versions, which seems to be true, since i cannot find it. I'm absolutely lost now.

Answer

MayankNC picture MayankNC · Feb 27, 2020

Put -vm argument above -vmargs in SpringToolSuite4.ini file

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.5.600.v20191014-2022.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.1100.v20190907-0426
-product
org.springframework.boot.ide.branding.sts4
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_181\bin\javaw.exe
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
-Xms256m
-Xmx1024m
-XX:+UseG1GC
-XX:+UseStringDeduplication
--add-modules=ALL-SYSTEM

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