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Nir
Nir

Reputation: 1724

Java --version gives 1.8.0 even though JAVA_HOME is pointing on C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk-11.0.2\

I got a windows machine and was able to install jdk 11.0.2 and set it up in my enviornment variables , my JAVA_HOME environment looks as the following: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk-11.0.2\ but when I do java--version I get: 

java version "1.8.0_192"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_192-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.192-b12, mixed mode)

My System path is also point on java 11.0.2

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:\windows\System32\Wbem;C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\windows\System32\OpenSSH
\;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin;C:
\ProgramData\DockerDesktop\version-bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk-11.0.2\bin;C:\Dev\Tomcat 8.5\Tomcat 8.5\bin;C:\Users\nxh113\tools\google-cloud-sdk\bin;C:\Users\nxh113\AppData\Lo
cal\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\nxh113\AppData\Local\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2020.1\bin;;C:\Users\nxh113\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk-11.0.2
;C:\Program Files (x86)\apache-maven-3.6.3\bin;C:\Users\nxh113\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Dev\Tomcat 8.5\Tomcat 8.5\bin;C:\ProgramData\chocoportable\bin;C:\Users\n
xh113\tools\google-cloud-sdk\bin;

Any ideas what can it be?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2280

Answers (2)

Ray Tayek
Ray Tayek

Reputation: 10003

another thing you might try is a batch file with:

jdk="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-13.0.2"
javapath="C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath"
mklink %javapath%\java.exe" "%jdk%\bin\java.exe"
mklink %javapath%\javaw.exe" "%jdk%\bin\javaw.exe"
mklink %javapath%\javaws.exe" "%jdk%\bin\javaws.exe"

Upvotes: 0

Gopinath
Gopinath

Reputation: 4937

The PATH variable mentioned above contains two entries for Java -

  1. C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath
  2. C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk-11.0.2\bin

An older version of Java might be present in the first entry (C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath). That is why, the java command is pointing to the older version.

The problem can be fixed by removing the old entry from the PATH variable.

Note:

Change to PATH variable will take effect in the cmd window opened after the change only. The cmd window that was already opened before PATH variable was changed will still use the old PATH only.

Upvotes: 3

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