A few words of thanks would be greatly appreciated.

Minecraft - Could not create the Java virtual machine

Latest update on September 17, 2013 at 06:02 AM by deri58 .

Issue

Upon launching Minecraft, the following error message is displayed:

Error: Could not create the Java virtual machine
Error: A fatal exception as occurred program will exit

Solution

Right-click on "Computer" and select "Properties"
Then go to "Advanced" or "Advanced Settings" > "Environment Variables"
Below "System Variables", click on "New":
For "Variable name" enter: "_JAVA_OPTIONS"
For "Variable value" enter: "-Xmx512M".

Tested under Windows 7.

Thanks to ZeInf3ct3d for this tip.

Minecraft - Could not create the Java virtual machine
Move virtual machine to another computer - How-To - Software
How to Refresh The MAC Address of a Virtual Machine on VirtualBox - How-To - Software
Galaxy S SCL connection with Linux and (VB) virtual machine - How-To - Samsung
Disable Network Access on a Virtual Machine with VirtualBox - How-To - Software
Virtual machine drag and drop not working - How-To - Software

This document, titled « Minecraft - Could not create the Java virtual machine », is available under the Creative Commons license. Any copy, reuse, or modification of the content should be sufficiently credited to CCM (ccm.net).

Minecraft - Can't connect to Minecraft.net

Minecraft Cheat Codes

Issue

Solution

Subscribe To Our Newsletter!