Cannot find JDK

[TTanner21]

ok so I have my JAVA_HOME set to the home path for the redhat jdk-8 but still get the error that its not installed and cannot be started.

what else do I have to do to get this to work?
I have looked through the other posts but have yet to find a solution.
this is on windows 10 btw.

[fbricon]

Can you paste the path you used here?
Also can you check if you still have the issue with the new release (0.0.5)?
BTW, you can now set up the java.home variable in VS Code preferences, starting in 0.0.5.

[navneetkarnani]

Can you add support for variable JDK_HOME and JAVA_HOME instead of having to compulsorily use java.home ?

In the 20 years I have been programming with Java, my understanding is that the way the environment variables being used is to have the JRE be pointed by the JAVA_HOME and the JDK be pointed by JDK_HOME. In case developers want, they can point both to the JDK.

Look at documentation here for some reference:
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E35865_01/doc.1120/e29687/preinstall.htm#CIHCIHDE
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs/techstart/environment.html

[gorkem]

@navneetkarnani java.home configuration is NOT mandatory. We have added it as a way to override the JAVA_HOME for situations such as developer needs JAVA_HOME to point to JDK which is not sufficient for running our tools. See #28 for full discussion.

In @TTanner21's case we are still trying to determine why JAVA_HOME is not automatically discovered, using java.home with the same value as JAVA_HOME would hint us that the path is actually good.

[TTanner21]

Can you paste the path you used here?
Also can you check if you still have the issue with the new release (0.0.5)?
BTW, you can now set up the java.home variable in VS Code preferences, starting in 0.0.5.

the path is C:\java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.102-1
I don't know why its not working, but using the java.home variable does work with the same path.

[schmic]

@TTanner21 You need to escape the backslashes in the configuration.

From my user settings:
"java.home": "D:\\Dev\\jdk\\jdk1.8.0_25_x86"

[gorkem]

fixed with 9de9490

[carlin-q-scott]

I have this same issue and had to paste my JDK_Home environment variable value into the VSC java.home setting, escaping the backslashes. Is it possible that you guys need to escape the backslashes when using JDK_Home for some reason?

[gorkem]

@carlin-q-scott What is your OS?

[carlin-q-scott]

@gorkem Windows 10 Home.