Eclipse does not start when I run the exe?

When I run the Eclipse.exe within the given folder, it will not start. The Eclipse splash screen will appear for a split second then close. There are no errors.

I've tried practically everything. Updating JDK and JRE: I installed JRE 7 and JDK 1.7.0_40. Both 64 bit, and they are both in the (x86) folder. I've tried re-installing them. And re-downloading Eclipse. Same result every time. I've added the VM to the config, still nothing.

I use Windows 7 and the standard Eclipse for Java IDE.

Go to your Workspace folder then go to Metadata > plugins. Delete everything from this folder. Then it will work.

Warning: This will delete every configuration from Eclipse!

eclipse.exe -clean -clearPersistedState

All you have to do is go the dir where your eclipse.exe is there and run the above command

The same thing was happening for me. All I had to do was uninstalled Java Update 8