[NETBEANS-2827] Cannot find JDK despite the presence of setted JAVA_HOME in windows 10

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 11.1, 12.2
• Component/s: platform - Execution

Environment

Windows 10 in Virtualbox, regular windows 10(not in VB)

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Edoardo Panfili
• Created: 11/Jul/19 18:13
• Updated: 17/Dec/20 09:45

Description

When I try to launch netbeans64.exe in windows 10 appears a dialog saying "Cannot find Java 1.8 or higher" and the IDE doesn't starts.

I have the JDK12 (but the same with JDK11) from AdoptOpenJDK installed in C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jdk-12.0.1.12-hotspot\ and the variable JAVA_HOME points the the correct folder (I can verify this using "set" in cmd).

 

The possible workaround is to copy the value of JAVA_HOME in netbeans_jdkhome inside etc/netbeans.conf but is not so obvious for new users.