Solution to 'The QuickTest Java Add-in Extensibility SKD is not supported for 64-bits operating systems

Problem:

As the title clearly mentioned, was hit into trouble when trying to install QuickTest Professional Java Add-in Extensibility SDK in 64 bits machines. Nevermind, here is the solution

Solution:

To make things easy, lets separate the solutions into 2 sections

Preparation:

Unzip skd.zip

Section 1: Install QTP Java Add-in extensibility plugin into Eclipse

• Assume Eclipse is installed in drive D (fullpath :- D:/eclipse)
• Create a new folder to store the QTP related add-in (D:/eclipse-thirdparty)
• In eclipse-thirdparty directory, create a new folder called eclipse (D:/eclipse-thirdparty/eclipse)
• Copy the features and plugins from sdk folder into D:/eclipse-thirdparty/eclipse
• Create a new folder called links in Eclipse (fullpath :- D:/eclipse/links
• In links directory, create a file with link extension (any name will do). For example, quicktest.link with content 'path=D:/eclipse/thirdparty. Refer to more detail on how to deal with plugin Install eclipse plugins the easy way

Section 2: QuickTest Profession (How to manually install add-in in 64 bits operating system)

• Make sure QuickTest Professional is install in C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\QuickTest Professional
• Access to C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\QuickTest Professional\bin\java
• Copy sdk folder into C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\QuickTest Professional\bin\java 

• Access to C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\QuickTest Professional\bin\java\sdk\eclipse
• Double click on deploysdkplugins, then point to D:/eclipse and click OK

Happy testing!