Unable to launch java virtual machine located at path

I was running Windows 7 32 bit and was trying to run Oracle Sql Developer.
The java version installed on my machine was :

C:\Users\ralhana>java -version
java version "1.8.0_60"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_60-b27)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.60-b23, mixed mode, sharing)

On running the installer i came across the error "Unable to launch java virtual machine located at path".

SQL Developer was unable to find the java version available on local machine to run.
The installer was 64 bit, and the windows version was 32 bit.

To resolve the issue i made changes to the Sql Developer configuration and specified the java version available.

Edit the “sqldeveloper.conf“, which can be found under “{ORACLE_HOME}\sqldeveloper\sqldeveloper\bin\sqldeveloper.conf“, make sure “SetJavaHome” is pointing to your 32 bits JDK.

For example, “SetJavaHome C:\Program Files (x86) \Java\jdk1.7.0_51“.

My configuration file is as follows:



IncludeConfFile ../../ide/bin/ide.conf



SetJavaHome ../../jdk



#Set our usage tracking URI

AddVMOption  -Dide.update.usage.servers=http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/sqldeveloper/usage.xml



#Disable the AddinPolicyUtils

AddVMOption  -Doracle.ide.util.AddinPolicyUtils.OVERRIDE_FLAG=true



#Draw performance change

AddVMOption -Dsun.java2d.ddoffscreen=false



#font performance

AddVMOption -Dwindows.shell.font.languages=



#Update the size of the perm gen area

AddVMOption  -XX:MaxPermSize=256M



AddVMOption -Doracle.ide.startup.features=sqldeveloper



AddJavaLibFile ../lib/oracle.sqldeveloper.homesupport.jar

AddVMOption -Doracle.ide.osgi.boot.api.OJStartupHook=oracle.dbtools.raptor.startup.HomeSupport



#Configure some JDBC settings



AddVMOption -Doracle.jdbc.mapDateToTimestamp=false  

AddVMOption -Doracle.jdbc.autoCommitSpecCompliant=false

# The setting below applies to THIN driver ONLY for others set this to false. 

# Refer to OracleDriver doc. for more info.

AddVMOption -Doracle.jdbc.useFetchSizeWithLongColumn=true

AddVMOption -Dsun.locale.formatasdefault=true

AddVMOption -Dorg.netbeans.CLIHandler.server=false



IncludeConfFile  sqldeveloper-nondebug.conf



SetJavaHome C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_51\

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