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I got a serious problem and I would like some help. When I add more ram (This code: -Xmx4096M -Xms4096M) and I get this error:

Error occurred during initialization of VM
Initial heap size set to a larger value than the maximum heap size
Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx512M


I am running 64bit of Java, I have the Java Development Kit. I also have 6gb of RAM. Please help ASAP.
(Note: There is nothing of the sort that includes Java in the "Environment Variables" Tab on Windows.)

Also, I looked in the logs and found this


[21:41:41 INFO]: Launching game
[21:41:41 INFO]: Unpacking natives to C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8\1.8-natives-16895958961858
[21:41:41 INFO]: Launching in C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft
[21:41:41 INFO]: Half command: C:\Users\admin\Desktop\runtime\jre-x64\1.8.0_25\bin\javaw.exe -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx4096m -Xms4096m -Djava.library.path=C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8\1.8-natives-16895958961858 -cp C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\java3d\vecmath\1.5.2\vecmath-1.5.2.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\4.6\jopt-simple-4.6.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\io\netty\netty-all\4.0.15.Final\netty-all-4.0.15.Final.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\guava\guava\17.0\guava-17.0.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.3.2\commons-lang3-3.3.2.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-io\commons-io\2.4\commons-io-2.4.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.9\commons-codec-1.9.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.2.4\gson-2.2.4.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.17\authlib-1.5.17.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\mojang\realms\1.6.1\realms-1.6.1.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\commons\commons-compress\1.8.1\commons-compress-1.8.1.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpclient\4.3.3\httpclient-4.3.3.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.1.3\commons-logging-1.1.3.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpcore\4.3.2\httpcore-4.3.2.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.0-beta9\log4j-api-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.0-beta9\log4j-core-2.0-beta9.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.1\lwjgl-2.9.1.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.1\lwjgl_util-2.9.1.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\tv\twitch\twitch\6.5\twitch-6.5.jar;C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8\1.8.jar net.minecraft.client.main.Main
[21:41:42 INFO]: Looking for orphaned versions to clean up...
[21:41:42 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)
[21:41:42 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
[21:41:43 INFO]: Looking for old natives & assets to clean up...
[21:41:43 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.8\1.8-natives-16895958961858


Any help would be greatly appreciated. Iv looked EVERYWHERE for a solution and couldn't find one. Thank you for reading this.

That is quite a lot of ram to allocate, consider something lower like 2G (2048M) first. So far as the heap size problem, make sure you don't have Razer Synapse installed: if it is, you will likely need to remove it, as it causes problems with Java memory allocation.

I have allocated 6gb to my minecraft, and it works without a problem. Just make sure you don't have 32bit java installed as well as the 64 bit version and you are using the right one.