Java.exe: Error occurred during initialization of VM

Question

Each time I try to launch java.exe, in this case java.exe -version, I get this output:

Error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object

Here is a screenshot of my problem:

I searched on Google for a solution but nothing works...

"Nothing works" is not a problem statement we can help with. Sorry. What version of java have you installed, how did you install, ... a ton of things that might matter here. — GhostCat, Oct 12 '16 at 13:38
It could be result of improper Java installation. This link address some of the causes might come handy http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11808829/jre-1-7-returns-java-lang-noclassdeffounderror-java-lang-object — mhasan, Oct 12 '16 at 13:41
Thank you all! I've solved it by setting the JAVA_HOME to the JRE, not the JDK! — Kees van Voorthuizen, Oct 12 '16 at 15:08

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '16 at 13:57

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Make sure your JAVA_HOME environment variable is set to fully qualified path of the directory that contains bin/java.exe

answered Oct 12 '16 at 13:57

Joe Kampf

That was it! Thank you very much! The problem was that my JAVA_HOME was set to the JDK, not the JRE :) – Kees van Voorthuizen Oct 12 '16 at 15:07

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 22 '18 at 12:26

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Just Delete java.exe in c:/programdata/oracle/java/javapath_target_xxxxxx/

answered Jan 22 '18 at 12:26

vinuales

I’m sorry, but this answer has already been answered a year ago. Thanks for your answer, though. – Kees van Voorthuizen Jan 22 '18 at 12:28
That's a good answer. solve my problem. when i reinstall the jdk1.8.0_172, The same error was arisen. my JAVA_HOME is correct, then find and delete java.exe in javapath_target_xxxxx. the error is disappear. – kookob May 17 '18 at 06:19

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 02 '19 at 07:23

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Make sure your installed java bin directory contains rt.jar

answered Jul 02 '19 at 07:23

S.Roshanth

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