Apex Data loader - Error java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Cannot load 32-bit SW T libraries on 64-bit JVM

Question

I am trying to run apex data loader downloaded and installed from my SalesForce account. But when I try to run the jar from command prompt with this command

java -jar dataloader-29.0.0-uber.jar

I get this error

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Cannot load 32-bit SWT libraries on 64-bit JVM
    at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:263)
    at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:240)
    at org.eclipse.swt.internal.C.<clinit>(C.java:21)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:138)
    at com.salesforce.dataloader.ui.LoaderWindow.<init>(LoaderWindow.java:83)
    at com.salesforce.dataloader.controller.Controller.createAndShowGUI(Controller.java:207)
    at com.salesforce.dataloader.process.DataLoaderRunner.main(DataLoaderRunner.java:45)

I am not even running from eclipse , but why I see below line in the exception ??

 at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:263)

Mine is 64 bit Windows 8 OS. How to run it ?

Answer 1

I have DataLoader running on 64bit Windows 8.

The best way to do this is

1. create a shortcut to the jar file (right click on it in Windows explorer and select 'create shortcut')
2. Then change the properties of the shortcut so the working directory is a valid directory your user can write to.

Answer 2

The problem is that you have a 64 bit version of Java installed

One solution to this is to add the "-d32" argument to force the JRE into 32 bit mode.

java -jar -d32 dataloader-29.0.0-uber.jar

Or you could install a 32 bit version of Java.

Answer 3

I have set the path to 32 bit JRE came along with the data loader and run it using java -jar dataloader-29.0.0-uber.jar. It worked!