org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: Unspecified error Aborting Edge initialization after 5 retries with result -2147024726 #2630
Description
I have updated my Eclipse installation to 2025.09, but I'm constantly getting this error
org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: Unspecified error Aborting Edge initialization after 5 retries with result -2147024726
at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:4971)
at org.eclipse.swt.browser.Edge.lambda$15(Edge.java:704)
at org.eclipse.swt.browser.Edge$HandleCoreWebView2SwtCallback.Invoke(Edge.java:250)
at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DispatchMessage(Native Method)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3746)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$5.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1151)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1042)
at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:153)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:678)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:583)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:173)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:185)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:219)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:149)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:115)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:467)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:298)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:627)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:575)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1431)
Session Data:
eclipse.buildId=4.37.0.20250905-1455
java.version=21.0.8
java.vendor=Eclipse Adoptium
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=it_IT
Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product
I tried:
- reinstall Eclipse
- change default browser
- start eclipse in administrator mode
I have updated the installation on two different computers and on both I get this error repeatedly