This tool is a fork of Eclipse, and for this reason it needs for the Java Virtual Machine to work.
I personally use for some years and now it’s esential for me.
Many user of this software (including me), have found an annoyng trouble when the version 7 of JRE is installed.
Xmind was designed to work with Java version 6, so, if the user installs the version 7, the previous version 6 is deleted, and when Xmind starts, the following error message is shown:
A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be available in order to run XMind. No Java virtual machine was found after searching the following locations: C:/ProgrammFiles(X86)/java/jre6/bin/javaw.exe
Xmind tries to access JRE ver. 6 through an absolute path.
If you install the newer version of JRE, Xmind cannot find the Java ver. 6 directory, and crashes.
How to fix:
Open the file
C:/Program Files (x86)/XMind/XMind.ini
with Notepad, Notepad++ or any other text editor, and change the Java Virtual Machine path. At the beginning of the file you can find:
-vm
C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jre6/bin/javaw.exe
Change this path with the new installation path of Java (ver. 7):
-vm
C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jre7/bin/javaw.exe
From now on, Xmind will use the Java Virtual Machine, and will work correctly again.