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SQL Developer 4.2 Will Not Launch for Another User That Did Not Install Product (Doc ID 2263471.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle SQL Developer - Version 4.2.0 and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

User that installed SQL Developer 4.2 works and launches SQL Developer without any issues.

Another OS user tries to launch SQL Developer 4.2 and freezes during launch window.

Works
User that installed SQL Developer 4.2.

Does Not Work
A different user than the one that installs SQL Developer 4.2.

Cause

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