Java SE (Java Platform, Standard Edition)

I ran into this problem while trying to start a JVM from a win32 C program. I didn't see similar postings and thought this might save somebody some debugging time.

I have a configuration file that contains:
jvm_lib=C:\program files\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll

I then read the configuration file using fgets(), and store the value portion of the property into
char * jvm_lib
I left the C code details out.

When I call Load Library, it fails with error 126.
This is ERROR_MOD_NOT_FOUND
The specified module could not be found.

And in the code, it looks like:

    if((handle = LoadLibrary(prop_jvm_lib)) == 0)
    {
        DWORD errorCode = GetLastError();
        LogErrorMessage("The Java Runtime Library could not be loaded, errorCode=" + errorCode);
    }

So how can this be if the path in my configuration file is correct? I verified that the absolute path to jvm.dll truly exists by using the "dir" command.

Well, the problem is that when I did the fgets(), C reads in the line-feed or carriage-return character, so to Windows, the path
C:\program files\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\jre\bin\client\jvm.dllY
where Y is the extra character
does not exist. Hence, the 126 error.

So be sure to remove that extra character before calling LoadLibrary.