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JDK 7 Update 80 installation issue "A semi-colon found in selected path"

I'm trying to install JDK 7 on a Windows 7 machine and constantly getting the error "A semi-colon found in selected path" no matter what path I select for the installation.
Tried with different updates of JDK and it didn't help either.
EDIT: Installation log shows the following error:
Thu May 05 06:34:19 2016
:: JDK installation failed. Return Code: 1603, ErrorCode: 0

This error message is displayed by the Microsoft Windows Installer engine and is a general error code that indicates a problem occurred during the installation.
Read on to learn how to sidestep this speed bump.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of known causes for this error:
Short file name creation is disabled on the target machine.
An Install Script custom action is prototyped incorrectly.
A file is locked and cannot be overwritten.
The Microsoft Windows Installer Service is not installed correctly.
The Windows Temp folders are full.
The setup was corrupted after installation and, therefore, fails with this error during un-installation.
An older version of Install Shield Developer is being used.
A general error occurred during the installation.
Print and File sharing is not installed or enabled when installing MSDE 2000.
How to Avoid this Error
The following solutions have resolved this error in the majority of cases:
Make sure short file name creation is enabled on the target machine. You can check to ensure that the target machine does not have short file name creation disabled by navigating to the following registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
Make sure the value "NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation" is equal to 0. This indicates that short file name creation is enabled. A value of 1 indicates that this functionality is disabled. You should change the value to 0.
After modifying this value, the target machine should be rebooted before attempting to launch the setup again.
Note: If the target machine should normally have short file name creation disabled, it can be disabled after the install completes by resetting "NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation" to 1 and rebooting.
To ensure that the Windows Installer Service is properly installed and configured, it is recommended that users install the file InstmsiA.exe on Windows 95/98/Me or InstmsiW.exe on Win NT systems. These files are shipped with your InstallShield product and are located in the following location:
<Product Path>\Redist\Language Independent\i386
Empty all temporary folders. The specific temporary folders for a machine can be determined by accessing the DOS prompt and typing set. Note the values listed for TEMP and TMP, and delete all files in those locations.
Make sure no other applications, including utilities such as virus scanners, are running in the background. Close all running applications and utilities, and launch the installation again.
If this error occurs during un-installation, use the Microsoft Windows Installer CleanUp utility to uninstall the installation.
Once the installation has been successfully un-installed, you can then debug the project to determine what caused the original error.

Put your installer executable to C:\ and run it from there.
More info here: http://wills-tech-notes.blogspot.com/2015/12/cannot-install-java-semicolon-found-in.html

The Error which you are getting is normally it throws during java update installation, Not, the first time installation.
Please kindly follow the below steps to resolve your issues. Let's give a try.
Step 1:
Just want to ensure if you have already java installed on your machine partially.
Follow the below entries in command prompt:
java -version - If it throws error we are good.
echo %JAVA_HOME% and echo %JRE_HOME%
echo %PATH% - If you see the Java entries you may need to clear all this.
echo %CLASSPATH% - Here as well as said in above.
If no results from the Step 1, Please follow Step 2.
Step 2:
Check your C: drive for to verify there should not any Java installation folders. If yes, Please delete those.
Clear all your logs from your machine(If it contains any existing java related logs)
https://www.java.com/en/download/help/plugin_cache.xml
Step 3:
Actually, we do not require to install the Java, instead we can download the Zipped java file and locate into dedicated drive.
And then, make all your environment variables entries into this location. In, this case you are good i believe.
If you still face issues, do let me know?

Try this and maybe you'll get your job done
1 Close the installer when you see Java error 1603. (It has installed a
bunch of files, but exits prematurely.)
2 Open javacpl.exe from C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_XX\bin (or
for x64, C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_XX\bin) where XX is the update
number.
3 Uncheck "Enable Java content in the browser" on security tab and click
OK to close Java control panel
4 Retry installing Java. It usually succeeds for this time.
5 Open javacpl.exe again (see step #2)
6 Check Enable Java content in browser on security tab and click OK to
close Java control panel
7 If it still fails, try uninstalling windows update KB2918614, then
reboot and try these steps again.

Try following steps:
Run installer from c:/
Run jdk*...*.exe /log msi.log to see installation logs, please attach
them if it won't help you understand a cause of the problem
In the related JDK bug an issue with an environment was a cause of the problem.

uninstall KB3139923 helped in my case

I had the same problem with version 8 and the solution was to run the installer as Administrator (right click, then "Run as Administrator").

Write to console from a native javafx app created with Inno Setup and maven

I have a JavaFX app, and I am using the maven plugin javafx-maven-plugin to create an app bundle (app.exe in Windows, generated with Inno Setup).
The app runs in console mode when arguments are given.
The problem is that when running in console mode, I can't see the mesages printed to console. The messages (written with System.out.println) don't appear in the Windows console. But they are generated, because if I redirect the output to a file (app.exe > out.txt) the file contains all the messages.
I have tried to run the .exe with cygwin and even compiled the whole project in Linux, and in both of them the output is correctly displayed in the console. So the problem seems to be only when running the javafx exe with the Windows console (cmd). I guess the stdout is redirected to somewhere. How can I change this?

First of all: thanks for using the javafx-maven-plugin, I'm the maintainer of that maven-plugin.
short version: you can't do very much
long version:
The problem comes with the native launcher of the JDK and has nothing todo with InnoSetup, nor Maven.
Quoting the source-code itself this is what happens:
Basic approach:
- Launcher executable loads packager.dll/libpackager.dylib/libpackager.so and calls start_launcher below.
- Reads app/package.cfg or Info.plist or app/<appname>.cfg for application launch configuration
(package.cfg is property file).
- Load JVM with requested JVM settings (bundled client JVM if availble, server or installed JVM otherwise).
- Wait for JVM to exit and then exit from Main
- To debug application by set env variable (TODO) or pass "/Debug" option on command line.
- TODO: default directory is set to user's Documents and Settings.
- Application folder is added to the library path (so LoadLibrary()) works.
After digging a bit inside the launcher, if found the spot, where the STD-output is retrieved, which gets compiled, because on windows-systems "USE_JLI_LAUNCH" is not set. The real problem with this comes with the condition to only append that console-writer when being compiled with DEBUG-flag
It might be a bug/fluke within the JDK itself, I'll try to find something and might file that as bug on oracle-bug-tracker.
EDIT: after some further digging, there is something I found interesting: the generated EXE-file is a simple windows-executable, no cli-executable as seen in the launcher-source-code, that is the reason you dont see any console-output but having the result when pipelining into some file.
Workaround: create/compile your own native launcher-file using some redirects as described here:
Redirecting cout to a console in windows
https://bobobobo.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/how-to-attach-a-console-to-your-gui-app-in-c/

Why does Play Framework 2.3.8 Deployment not work?

I have written a program with the play framework 2.3.8 named quizSystem.
It is using a memory database, some controller, viewclasses etc.
Now I want to run my program on another machine (windows 7 with JDK 8u45 installed and the PATH set to the JDK), therefore I ran activator dist on machine 1 and got a .zip-File with a snapshot of my program. I copied this zip file to machine 2, extracted it and used the console to go to the /bin folder. In there are 2 files quizSystem and quizSystem.bat.
So I typed quizSystem
Error: Oops, cannot start the server ... Database 'default' needs evolution
So I tried this: quizSystem -DapplyEvolutions=true
Error: Bad application path: -DapplyEvolutions=true
So then I added the line applyEvolutions=true into the application.conf file.
But still, no matter which command I use I can start the program.
I have searched and tried many solutions like here: Play Framework 2.1.1 Deployment Issues
Why is the evolution / my program not working?

Found the solution:
There seems to be an (open?) bug in the play framework at the moment:
https://github.com/playframework/playframework/issues/3081
If I understand correctly the order of the input parameters for java is the wrong way around in the play framework. Thats the reason that manual input in the console produces an error...
So here is the complete list of steps in order to produce a working program for deployment:
1) In your directory type activator dist into console
2) You get a zip file in the /target/universal directory (something that contains the word SNAPSHOT or similar
3) On your target machine you need an installed JDK, goto here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
4) Extract your zip-file, in the /bin-folder edit the .bat file
5) search for set "APP_MAIN_CLASS=play.core.server.NettyServer" and change to
set "APP_MAIN_CLASS= -DapplyEvolutions.default=true play.core.server.NettyServer"
6) Then simply use the console to navigate to the folder and type the name of your program
I hope this spares somebody else several hours of frustration, despair
and lots of shouting and cursing :D

Apache Ofbiz installation trouble

I have been trying to install Apache Ofbiz on my 32-bit processor computer, with Windows 7 as the operating system. I have downloaded Java\jdk1.8.0_25: and apache-ant-1.9.4: and :apache-ofbiz-13.07.01. I made two environmental variables, JAVA_HOME and ANT_HOME; in addition, I included both Java and Ant Apache Bin addresses respectively into the environmental the PATH variable. Then I ran the CMD and entered the Ofbiz directory' cd [apache ofbiz address], thenceforward, I resumed into entering the the 'ant run-install' command, followed by 'ant run-install-seed', I received a 'build successful' message for both of the commands I entered. After the foregone commands were executed I proceeded into clicking the startofbiz located inside the apache ofbiz folder. A cmd screen opened listing all sorts of commands. Once all these were carried out I typed the following address into my internet search bar:
https://localhost:8443/webtools
Notwithstanding, I constantly received the following error message that says THE TEMPLATE LOCATION IS EMPTY even after a numberless amount of permutations, deleting java, re-installing Ant Apache, etc:
:ERROR MESSAGE:
org.ofbiz.widget.screen.ScreenRenderException: Error rendering screen [component://common/widget/CommonScreens.xml#GlobalDecorator]: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Template location is empty (Template location is empty)
I have not been able to come to grasps with this issue. I don't believe things should be this difficult to install. I stand ready for any guidance, thank you.

As per my best knowledge " ant load-seed (Load ONLY the seed data (not seed-initial, demo, ext* or anything else); meant for use after an ualong with the code and needs to be in sync for operation)"
You need to fire ant load-demo start (if you're using OFbiz version 13.07.01).Please make your're at the root of the OFbiz project location. Fyi - At very first time it takes more than 20 mins to load all your demo data and seed data, so please be patient. Hope this will help you.
Note: Please rate this if find useful. Thanks

This issue is not related to your Application setup. it seems your Application setup is fine. This is related to Seed data. The data which requires to initialize the default theme. To load the theme data, execute the following ant command then strat the application. The error should be disappeared now.
ant load-seed

Since OFBiz switched from ant to gradle recently, the correct command to load the seed data is as follows (run in root ofbiz folder e.g. /opt/ofbiz and don't forget the quotes):
./gradlew "ofbiz --load-data readers=seed"
To get the available options for the ofbiz build, run:
./gradlew "ofbiz --help"
Other ant-to-gradle hints can be found here.
You will then need to create an initial user (admin/ofbiz does only exist in demo data).
./gradlew loadAdminUserLogin -PuserLoginId=MyUserName

Error when starting Datomic shell: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jline/ConsoleRunner

I followed the instructions on the Datomic site: http://docs.datomic.com/getting-started.html, but I'm getting this error when trying to start up the datomic shell prompt. I'm using a windows machine. Any suggestions? I tried the same thing on my linux box and did not get this error.
Edit: moved to a different windows machine and it's working. If I have time to troubleshoot this problem and I find a solution I'll report back

I noticed that you cannot run the shell.cmd from within the bin directory, you need to call it with bin\shell.cmd from the parent directory... hope that helps.

In case you are using cygwin/bash and call bin/shell :
The java runtime on windows does not understand classpath with a ":"
but this is what you get from bin/classpath.
Either correct this or use DOS-CMD shell and call bin/shell.cmd inside.
Regards

Some tips for running datomic on Windows (7 at least):
Do not download datomic into Program Files. On startup, it creates logging directories and temp files into its own directories, so unless you run the command prompt as Administrator, you're gonna have screens full of Unable to write to file... errors.
You need to run datomic as such (assuming you extracted the download to C:)
c:\datomic-free-0.x.xxxx>bin\shell.cmd
Note the backslash. Tripped me up forever coming from *nix world.
After that, return to your regularly scheduled datomic tutorials.