Set Java Application's virtual machine max memory without access to VM parameters because of custom

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Published on 2010-04-27T23:13:33Z Indexed on 2010/04/27 23:23 UTC
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I'm using a Java application which allows you to import custom files. On import, these files are loaded into memory.

The problem is that the files I want to import are very big, this causes an OutOfMemory exception. The crash log also informs me that the VM was started with the java parameter "-Xmx512m", I want to alter this to "-Xmx1024m" so that I got double the memory available.

The problem is that this application is using it's own JRE folder and that there's a launcher written in C which is calling the jvm.dll file. In any way, java.exe or javaw.exe are never called and thus I cannot set these parameters myself (if I delete these executables it doesn't matter, can still run the application - this is not the case with the dll).

So, my question is, can I set this VM parameter in an other way? I'm even willing to alter the JRE files if there is no other way.

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