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JRE 8 Update 31 on a Windows 8 Machine "Java -version" not working

Whack a MacFeb 23 2015 — edited Mar 4 2015

Hi folks

I'm working for a software development company. At the moment we are testing the functionality of Java 8 with our software and the use of Java 8 in our environment. For the installation we use an automatic installation of the .msi file for 32-bit and 64-bit Version of Java 8.

So far, everything is working fine on our test machines with Java 8 Update 31. The only thing we noticed was, that we had a couple of errors when we were checking the java version via console.

For example, when we upgrade a machine from Java 7 to Java 8, we first uninstall Java 7, reboot and then install Java 8. After that whole process we do get an error when we run the command "java -version".

Error: The command "java" was not found or is written incorrect (not exactly that error, cause we have a German version of windows).

This only happens on machines with windows 8

On a windows 7 machine we get the correct output:

C:\>java -version

java version "1.8.0_31"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_31-b13)

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.31-b07, mixed mode)

We could resolve the issue on a windows 8 machine by adding the installation directory of java in the "path" systemvariable. Once the "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_31\bin" is added, the command returns the correct output.

This workaround is not a good option in my opinion, because I don't want to setup some crazy GPO to hard code the installationdir into the systemvariable. I think the installer should handle this task for me.

Did anyone here run into similar issues with java on windows 8 or does anybody know a better way to fix the problem?

Best regards

Daniel

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