Windows: issues with setting JAVA_HOME

[dizzzz]

What is the problem

There are a few issues in windows with setting the JAVA_HOME variable

• The path cannot contain spaces
• At startup strange messages appear:

JAVA_HOME=C:\Localdata\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121

C:\Dev\GitHub\eXist-db>bin\client.bat -l
The system cannot find the file C:\Localdata\Program.
Adding -l to JAVA_ARGS

JAVA_HOME=C:\Localdata\Progra~1\Java\jdk1.8.0_121

bin\client.bat -l
The system cannot find the file C:\XXX\Progra~1\Java\jdk1.8.0_121.
Adding -l to JAVA_ARGS

What did you expect

A clean start without JAVA_HOME errors

Describe how to reproduce or add a test

run bin\client.bat or bin\startup.bat

Context information

Please always add the following information

• eXist-db version : eXist-db 3.0 / develop
• Java version : Java8u121)
• Operating system: Windows 7
• 64 bit
• Any custom changes in e.g. conf.xml : none

[darrelln09]

This shouldn't be that hard to fix. Adding quotes around the path where it is used in the batch file should do it.

[adamretter]

I fixed a lot of these issues sometime ago now. Should all work, what exactly is the issue?

[darrelln09]

I get this error on startup

The system cannot find the file C:\Program.

... and the tray icon never appears.

[joewiz]

@dizzzz The issue template says that the version in question is "eXist-db 3.0 / develop". Is that correct? Or did you mean "4.0.0 release" or "4.1.0-SNAPSHOT develop"?

[darrelln09]

My issue with this is for the 4.0.0 release. I just downloaded it today.

[dizzzz]

Looking at the date of the issue, the version should be accurate.

[joewiz]

Sorry, I missed the year ;)