SQL Developer: SetJavaHome in Product.conf Does Not Read The JAVA_HOME System Variable on Windows (Doc ID 2901530.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 13, 2022

Applies to:

Goal

The SQL Developer product.conf should be able to read a Windows system variable.

Given:
C:\sqldeveloper-22.2.0.173.2018-no-jre
C:\jdk-11.0.15

You set "JAVA_HOME=C:\jdk-11.0.15" in the Windows Environment variable.

You set the following in product.conf (C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\sqldeveloper\22.2.0\product.conf):

You believe that it should just take the value set (JAVA_HOME=C:\jdk-11.0.15) in the Windows Environment variable without having to re-prompt you.

If SetJavaHome %JAVA_HOME% truly worked, the dialog box would not come up at all, it would be the same as if it was set explicitly as: SetJavaHome C:\jdk-11.0.15.

Is this expected behavior or is it a bug?

Solution

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