Setting up a Android SDK environment help. while opening Eclipse error message of no virtual machine

I am very new to this, and have searched and tried for weeks trying to get my android dev phone hooked up to the emulator. I am having trouble getting Eclipse to start up, getting an error message, a jre or jdk must be available, no virtual machine was found after searching following locations: C:\eclipse-jee-galileo-win32\eclipse. I have tried changing the classpath variables and target shortcuts and putting code in the ini. file. I am running vista 32 bit and have downloaded the correct 3.5 version of eclipse and have tried 3. 3 and 3.4. I also have Java 6 and J2RE.

If someone could patiently please help a want to be android developer get started, much appreciation would be given. I would even send a paypal donation if you have one set up! haha. Please.

Your Eclipse IDE is not setup properly to run Java Programs. Make sure you have appended the location of JRE(path to JRE installation directory) to the "PATH" environment variable. Optionally, you can explicitly specify the location of the virtual machine(Refer this).

Note: The IDE forum would have been the right place to ask this question(maybe, one of the moderators will move it eventually). Also, please format your message properly.

No need for paypal! Here is a very detailed and easy to follow step by step guide for setting up everything you need to get started.
The tutorial will show you how to install and configure

Eclipse 3.5

Android 2.1 (Android SDK rev 4)

JAVA (JDK 6 Update 18)

Setup virtual device

Then follow the Hello World tutorial at the same blog.

[Tutorial] Step by Step Guide to Setup Eclipse and Android 2.1 SDK

Here is introduction to development with Android which includes the installation of the ADK: http://www.vogella.de/articles/Android/article.html

Lars Vogel wrote:Here is introduction to development with Android which includes the installation of the ADK: http://www.vogella.de/articles/Android/article.html

Your page is very clean and I'm certain that your instructions will work. So will the instructions posted on the official Android Developers page. Greg and I found an alternate installation path that will streamline the process. His blog is posted in this thread. The instructions are very clear. The major difference is the order in which you install the various components. Check it out.

Regards,

dot

Thank you for the clarification.