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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. Anonymous
    2023-02-21T04:14:22+00:00

    Please shift + right-click javaw.exe in File Explorer.

    Click Start/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?

    When I Shift+RClick > Copy as path, then paste it into the command prompt to run, it says it cannot find the file. However, when I drag the file from the explorer window into the command prompt and run it like that, it works. Extremely weird.

    I will install Adoptium instead of the Oracle JDK, restart, and see if it fixes itself.

    Update: I've done just that. Now the executable won't start no matter how I execute it.

    Just to make sure, I tried executing jconsole.exe from the command line. Works fine.

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  2. Ramesh Srinivasan 173.4K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-02-21T04:21:49+00:00

    Running javaw.exe without any switches returns quickly to the prompt on my computer.

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    Looks like the process hangs on your computer. Javaw.exe seems to have been locked by a program or service.

    Please try Option 2 in this article (Process Explorer) to find the offending process that has locked Javaw.exe. Run ProcExp as administrator.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-21T04:27:39+00:00

    Running javaw.exe without any switches returns quickly to the prompt on my computer.

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    Looks like the process hangs on your computer. Javaw.exe seems to have been locked by a program or service.

    Please try Option 2 in this article (Process Explorer) to find the offending process that has locked Javaw.exe. Run ProcExp as administrator

    Started ProcExp as Admin, searched for javaw/javaw.exe, no matches.

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    Did the same thing on ProcessHacker2, same result.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-21T04:32:05+00:00

    Windows search seems to find the file perfectly fine, as well.

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