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Hey, I downloaded MagicLauncher because minecraft needs more memory. But then I went into advanced and changed it to 4000, and when I tried to play it said this:


*** Starting Minecraft ***
Minecraft version: 1.3.2
Minecraft.jar: minecraft.jar
Base folder: C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
Java path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\java
Memory: 4000 MB
LauncherPath: /C:/Users/Michael/Downloads/MagicLauncher_0.9.9.exe
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for object heap

I'm deeply confused, and I don't know what that means.

Here is my computer specs:

Intel® Core™ i7 processor

8GB DDR3 memory

1TB hard drive

NVIDIA GT 520 graphics

16-in-1 digital media reader

Thanks for your help.

Quote from Kovu

You don't have enough FREE RAM to launch it. Change it to 2048, tell me how that goes.

I tried that too, but it didn't work. I think it has something to do with Java, but I know I have enough RAM. I just got this PC and Minecraft is one of 2 games I have downloaded.

Quote from Kovu

What was the error?
Do you have the correct version of java installed? (32 vs 64).

This is what it says:


*** Starting Minecraft ***
Minecraft version: 1.3.2
Minecraft.jar: minecraft.jar
Base folder: C:\Users\Michael\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
Java path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\java
Memory: 2048 MB
LauncherPath: /C:/Users/Michael/Downloads/MagicLauncher_0.9.9.exe
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for object heap
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

My current version of Java is x86

Quote from Kovu

You're getting that because you're using too much ram. Keep setting it to lower numbers, at some point, it will work.

Thanks, it looks like the max is 1420.

But, I'm confused. How could I be using up this much RAM? I do have Skyrim installed. I know that requires alot. If I uninstall it, will it help?

Quote from Kovu

No, RAM is not Harddrive. Press CTL-ALT-DEL, and click task manager. At the bottom, it should say physical memory. What number is that about at?

Skyrim'll only do that if you're trying to run both games at the same time.

So, then if it's not RAM, then it's memory? I have almost a 1 TB, though.

Under Physical Memory, it says:

Total: 8159

Cached: 5636

Avalible: 6045

Free: 463

Quote from Kovu

RAM's the issue; Skyrim is not.
HDD is probably fine.

RAM is memory, BTW.


See how your free is only 463? That's the problem. Close any programs running, it should jump up.

Thanks, lol. But, the only thing I have running is Google Chrome, and Steam.

Quote from Kovu

How many tabs in chrome?

Also, you probably have a bunch of programs running in the background, it helps to uninstall anything that you don't need, that starts automatically.

Basically, that's all you can do, close your programs.

So, basically, close all my Processes in Task manager? I have 1 tab open in chrome, this one.

Is there any process that isn't suppose to be closed? I don't want to screw anything up lol

Quote from Kovu

Quite a few, actually..

The best thing to do, is google each .exe in the process, and check to make sure it's ok to stop.

Ok, thanks so much for your help