Allocating more memory to java windows 8

Could not create the Java virtual machine. You set the maximum Java heap size of your program using the -Xmx option to the Java interpreter. To specifically limit your heap size to 64 MB the option should be specified like this:. Using that memory limit setting, the Java command I use in my shell script to start my Java program looks like this:. The important part here is the -Xmx64m portion of the command.

You can find more options for controlling Java application memory use by looking at the output of the java -X command. Here's what the output of those commands looks like from my JVM:. From that list, the command-line arguments specifically related to Java application memory use are:. This is going to be in Megabytes so if you want to add for example 2 Gigabytes of Memory you are going to want to type -Xmx If you want to find the number for you just search up a Mb to Gb converter.

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Now i tryed this, but my java is no longer wokring. It's not always better to give Java more ram, if you give it too much it will keep building up until it reached like the 2 GBs of ram, then it would have to dump that, then fill up the amount of ram again then repeat.

Learn more. Asked 9 years, 1 month ago. Active 9 years, 1 month ago. Viewed 4k times. I am using Windows 7. If needed I can use Windows Server also.. I just need to get it running. Deepak Singhal Deepak Singhal 9, 10 10 gold badges 50 50 silver badges 93 93 bronze badges. You should tell which version of Windows you do use, anyway it feels more like a question for serverfault.

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Kevin D Kevin D 3, 1 1 gold badge 19 19 silver badges 37 37 bronze badges. I have a java server with 8GB xmx on windows — Roman K. As the page you linked to explains, this limit exists only for bit processes. With a bit JRE on bit Windows you won't have this problem. Exactly Jesper, my original answer was Roman K Roman K 3, 1 1 gold badge 30 30 silver badges 46 46 bronze badges. Except an obscure one I don't think any uses ; What makes a bit application, bit is the limited address space it has.