JAVA_HOME points to the wrong place

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Solution 1

Looks like it's possibly a bug:

http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=1226

There are lots of suggested workarounds/solutions, but comment #24 in the bug entry seems promising:

The problem is that GAE plugin for Eclipse is default configured with a JRE instead of a JDK.

To change this, do the following:

Preferences > Java > Installed JRE's > Add... For 'JRE Type' select 'Standard VM' > Next > Directory: select your JDK directory (instead of JRE) (in my case: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_16 ), press OK.

Now, you are back at 'Installed JRE's', select the JDK here also.

Solution 2

Double check for any typo in the JAVA_HOME path.

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A junior BA have some experience in the financial services industry. I do programming for my own personal projects hence the questions might sound trivial.

Updated on September 02, 2022

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  • Ankur
    Ankur over 1 year

    I seem to have an incorrectly specified JAVA_HOME variable. I can get around it for many things but now I am seem to be stuck. I am trying to use the Google App Engine and upload an application.

    When I do so I get the error that the error:

    cannot find javac executable based on java.home, tried "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javac.exe" and "C:\Program Files\Java\bin\javac.exe"

    I don't understand why it is looking there, doing echo %JAVA_HOME% gives me:

    C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_14

    Which is where Java actually is. I am thinking my best hope might be to just put Java where it is looking for it - can you think of anything better.