Getting Error:JRE_HOME variable is not defined correctly when trying to run startup.bat of Apache-Tomcat

Question

When trying to start Tomcat Server through cmd prompt using 'startup.bat' getting error as-"JRE_HOME variable is not defined correctly. The environment variable is needed to Run this program" Defined Environment path as-

CATALINA_HOME-C:\Program Files\Java\apache-tomcat-7.0.59\apache-tomcat-7.0.59
JAVA_HOME-C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25;
JRE_Home-C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25\bin;

Solution 1

Got the solution and it's working fine. Set the environment variables as:

• CATALINA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\apache-tomcat-7.0.59\apache-tomcat-7.0.59 (path where your Apache Tomcat is)
• JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25; (path where your JDK is)
• JRE_Home=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25; (path where your JRE is)
• CLASSPATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%JRE_HOME%\bin;%CATALINA_HOME%\lib

Solution 2

Your JRE_HOME does not need to point to the "bin" directory. Just set it to C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25

Comments

[Faiz Ahmed]

I solved my problem by the following link. stackoverflow.com/questions/44322378/…

[user3806999]

This happens when you have different versions of JDK and JRE versions.Please consider that too when u finding solution for this problem.Thanks

[Rajeev Dixit]

I tried but its not working.Still the same error persist.

[Sorin Postelnicu]

I suppose you meant to put the "...\bin" folders inside the PATH, not inside the CLASSPATH

[Rajeev Dixit]

All I meant to say was to declare the path in system variables and by default the variable name globally is Path.

[Sagar]

Perfect answer...

[Amir Choubani]

this solution works with me for apache tomcat 9

[Bharti Rawat]

In my case same problem in occurring.. I just simply removed semicolon from JRE_HOME and put like this C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25 then this problem resolved successfully.

[Nibras]

Worked for me for Tomcat 9

[Sanket Gupte]

This solution is not working for me while trying with Tomcat 7. Have set the paths alright, yet getting the error as JRE_HOME environment variable not defined correctly. Have tried removing semicolon as well. Not working

[Omak Al-Qantara]

Tomcat looks for JRE_HOME first and if it is not found then looks for JAVA_HOME so you don´t need both, also you don´t need the CLASSPATH variable, just include JAVA_HOME at path variable (%JAVA_HOME%\bin;) and that´s it, important: open a new console to start your tomcat this refreshes the changes.