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Windows cannot find 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17\bin\javaw.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.

Anonymous
2023-02-21T02:56:13+00:00

I'm trying to get either Adoptium JDK or the official Oracle JDKs to work on Windows 11 22H2. Whenever I try to install it and use it, literally the only file that doesn't work is javaw.exe. Problem pictured below. Clearly the file exists; it even comes up when I do dir <installation path> in Command Prompt. The Oracle JDK in particular is installed when these screenshots were taken.

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  1. Ramesh Srinivasan 173.4K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-02-21T05:34:46+00:00

    AMD Crash Defender Service is blocking javaw.exe. Download and run java_fix.reg. That should do the trick!

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  1. Ramesh Srinivasan 173.4K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-02-21T03:59:44+00:00

    Strange. Can you run "dir /w" and post a screenshot?

    Also, what happens when you type the full path to javaw.exe in a Command Prompt window?

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-21T04:03:35+00:00

    Strange. Can you run "dir /w" and post a screenshot?

    Also, what happens when you type the full path to javaw.exe in a Command Prompt window?

    For sure.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-21T04:07:42+00:00

    As for the full path thing:

    It just hangs and does nothing, I'm assuming because it has no arguments or anything passed to it. Assumingly this means it's working.

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  4. Ramesh Srinivasan 173.4K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-02-21T04:11:09+00:00

    Please right-click javaw.exe in File Explorer and click Copy Path.

    Right-click Start and click Run.

    Paste the path from the clipboard (including the enclosed double quotes).

    Click OK.

    Does it work?

    Also, can you run C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17\bin\javaw.exe in Command Prompt?

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