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New to Java but I am having Issues

I have been doing research on why Java keeps closing immediately upon opening it. I am on Windows 10 and running on a 64 bit. I did install the correct Java download for Windows 64 bit. I have uninstalled it and installed it about four times but nothing seemed to help. I also double checked to see if it was up to date and it was at the latest version. I am unsure why this problem is occurring.
Any advice?

You should not directly run java.exe from the jdk bin path. You must do it in command prompt. The main thing is if you are not using any IDE and trying to write your code in any editor then manually run it. then you have to set java path as environment variable.
Watch this video to do that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1VxWWubxFo .
Then write a simple java program , save it with .java extension.
Then open cmd there where you have written the program by holding shift key and right click on the file explorer, you will see a option like open command window here.
Then write javac <your java file name with .java extension>.
Then write java <your class name in the program>. Ignore these < > angle quotes

find_java64.exe -s is not recognized as an internal or external command

I've been googling for the better part of 4 hours and nothing I've tried has had any effect. This is your typical JAVA_HOME while configuring android studio on a machine for the first time problem it would appear. I've added literally everything to environment variables and path that I can think of. I've tried reinstalling JRE/JDK/Android Studio many many times. I've tried deleting .android and ..\Local\Temp items. I've tried running android.bat as admin. Nothing helps.
I can run find_java64.exe directly and it actually gives me the correct path, but in the batch file it says it can't find that file. The only thing I noticed is that it says "...Local\Android\sdk\tools\lib\\find_java64.exe" -s with two slashes instead of one after lib. That seems strange but not like it should cause it to not find it... and if I copy-paste the entire path with executable from the error line into command prompt (including the two slashes) it DOES show the JDK location correctly.
Why does the script not work if the line works in isolation? I can't do anything if this batch file isn't going to work.
Edit: I've been trying some more today. The core issue seems to be that when batch files are attempting to run other scripts/executables, windows always throws a is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." error. I've been tracing this through script after script from android.bat to find_java.bat. If I manually execute the command the batch file is trying to execute in command prompt, it works fine, but the batch file says it's wrong. Another suspicious thing seems to be that I cannot double click on ANY batch files in the computer. I can only open them as admin or from command prompt. Starting to think this is a very computer-specific problem.

If anybody else is seeing this, there's a real problem on your system when you can't launch a BAT file by double clicking it.
Something you could test on your machine is drop into a cmd shell then using the ftype and assoc builtins to check these are the defaults:
➜ ~\scoop\apps\android-sdk\current\tools\lib $ cmd
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19041.572]
(c) 2020 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\cwalsh\scoop\apps\android-sdk\current\tools\lib>assoc .bat
.bat=batfile
C:\Users\cwalsh\scoop\apps\android-sdk\current\tools\lib>ftype batfile
batfile="%1" %*
If it's still broken you might need to dive into the registry and figure out why the .BAT file extension has a different program associated with it.

Trouble in Setting Java Environment Path on Ubuntu (libjvm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

Found the solution!
Ubuntu by default ignore the command "RD_LIBRARY_PATH" therefore I need to add those codes in ".bashrc" instead of "/etc/environment" or .profile.
it now work perfectly fine!
I am trying to run a program that reads Java method from C/C++ code. (I made it on Windows successfully, now, I am working on Linux)
I made it successfully compiled and run on Ubuntu, however, the problem is..
Whenever I try to run the program, I have to type following commands on terminal..
source /etc/environment
./invoke #program name is invoke
If I do not type "source /etc/environment" every time I boot my PC, the error message I get is...
error while loading shared libraries: libjvm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Ok. Here is what I added in /etc/environment
export PATH="$PATH:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_25_x64/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_25_x64
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/amd64:$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/amd64/server
What I want is that, as you know, I want to run the program without typing "source /etc/environment".
I also tried typing those PATHs on /etc/profile, but result was same... I should type "source /etc/profile" every time I reboot my PC..
How to make it permanently applied to whole range of System without typing "source /etc/environment" stuffs everytime I boot?
if you need to see source code of the program, here is downloadable address:
http://cfile237.uf.daum.net/attach/247819495212DF1C07B9EB

This worked for me:
For x86:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/lib/i386:/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/lib/i386/server
For x86_64
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/lib/amd64:/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/lib/amd64/server

I had the same problem of setting the path(permanently) however I was using Red Hat, If you look change PATH permanently on Ubuntu it might help you. There was a file on Red Hat .profile that once you add your exports statements, they will get loaded when the computer starts. :) There should be the kind of file for ubuntu
export PATH="$PATH:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_25_x64/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_25_x64

Put "-Djava.library.path=FULL_PATH_HERE/jre/lib/amd64" as a JVM option in your C code.
Edit the full_path_here part.
The path is allowed to be relative, but I don't think you can use $JAVA_HOME as a placeholder for the environment variable.

Found the solution!
Ubuntu by default ignore the command "RD_LIBRARY_PATH" therefore I need to add those codes in ".bashrc" instead of "/etc/environment" or .profile.
it now work perfectly fine!

add the path of the missing libraries in the file /etc/ld.so.conf
execute the following command: ldconfig
this way, you'll add the new libraries to the default ones.
To check whether the new libraries have been linked,
execute the following command: ldconfig -p
to have the list of libraries currently linked by default.

Windows Registery: How to add a Java app to startup list?

I added a value at:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
That looks like this:
Value Name: LDE
Value Data: "java -jar C:\LDE\lde.jar"
Really with the quotes (Because all the others where also with quotes). After adding this, I restarted my computer, but it didn't start automatically.
Will wrapping my jar in an exe help?
I'm running Windows 7.
Any help?
Thanks in advance.
Update:
When I remove the quotes, it works. But now there is appears also a terminal, which I don't need...

A couple of things to note here, concerning the two different issues in the problem:
Format of Windows Run keys
From the Microsoft Windows XP knowledge base:
Run keys cause programs to
automatically run each time that a
user logs on. The Windows XP registry
includes the following four Run keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce
Each of these keys has a series of
values. The values allow multiple
entries to exist without overwriting
one another. The data value for a
value is a command line.
Note the emphasis on the last line. The moment quotes are used, the command is bound to fail execution in the same manner it fails as if executed from a command prompt.
Also, note that the above approach is for Windows XP and does hold good for Windows 7. More details can be found in this Microsoft Technet article on the options available in Windows 7.
The javaw vs java application launcher
Once the java process can be initialized at Windows startup, one will get a console window that continues to stay around until the process is terminated. This occurs if the java executable is utilized to initialize the application.
From the technotes of the java application launcher:
The javaw command is identical to
java, except that with javaw there is
no associated console window. Use
javaw when you don't want a command
prompt window to appear. The javaw
launcher will, however, display a
dialog box with error information if a
launch fails for some reason.
Therefore, if you wish to avoid opening a console window for the Java process, you ought to use the javaw executable.

This is very simple. You will find the startup folder in the C:/Documents and Settings/AllUsers/YourUserName/StartUp. It will be on similar kind of path just check it. Then just paste your jar file in that folder and it will work nice. Remember that you put the jar file in the startup folder of your user name folder. You may find that this folders might be hidden so just check it out. If you find this answer useful vote it. Enjoy.....

Cannot execute Java app on Vista Business - "Cannot find the main class... Program will exit"

I have written a Java GUI app (using Netbeans 6.7) requiring Java 1.6. I successfully run it on my XP PC and also my Mac OSX (10.5.7).
My client is running Vista Business, and cannot run the application by double clicking the jar file. He can execute it from the command line: "javaw -jar ..." The error received is: "Cannot find the main class... Program will exit".
I've asked the client to do the following:
install the latest JRE
run JarFix
I've verified that:
JRE is installed in correct location
jar file association is correct
application works (as I have tested it on XP and Mac OSX, and the client can run it from the command line)
Any ideas on what else I can investigate? Note, Netbeans created the main jar file, and also a lib directory with a couple of other Jarfiles. I've unzipped the jarfile and examined the manifest file (which looks good). The correct main class is also within the app's jarfile.
Does the client need to be careful as to where the application is executed from in Vista?
Thanks very much.
Prembo

Does exactly the same JAR file work on other operating systems?
Is the manifest file (META-INF/MANIFEST.MF) in the JAR file correct? One catch to watch out for is that the manifest file MUST end with an empty line; if it doesn't, the last line in the manifest file will be ignored. So, for example, if the last line in your manifest file is something like this:
Main-Class: com.mypackage.MyProgram
and it is not followed by an empty line, then Java will ignore the line and it will not be able to find the main class of the program.
See Sun's Java Tutorial about deploying Java programs in JAR files for exact details about how to package your application in a JAR; it also contains the warning about the manifest file needing to end with an empty line.
Also, double-check if the right version of Java is used. Are you using the exact same version of Java as on Windows XP? Try:
java -version
to see which Java version is being used.

I'm running Vista Enterprise and have very little differences between it and other Windows versions (with regards to Java).
Here are some random ideas that may or may not work:
Have you tried: right clicking on the Jar -> Open with -> Java(TM) Platform SE Binary
Could it be permissions related? (probably not since it runs via the command line)
Have you tried it with UAC off? (UAC sandboxes java apps, and they can't write to certain locations like Program Files)
Did you make sure they have the same files as you in JAVA_HOME/lib/ext/
you could try setting environment variables:
JAVA_HOME=<your_java_home>
CLASSPATH=.
PATH=<your_java_home>\bin

Sometimes JDK needs to be installed separately,along with the net beans IDE. If you have jdk installed then you can try checking for classpath,path in the environmental variables.