Eclipse: JAVA_HOME not set

Question

The system cannot find the path specified.
JAVA HOME is not set correctly.

I am getting the following error when I try to run web server in Eclipse:

The system cannot find the path specified. JAVA HOME is not set correctly.

But checking my env variables they look correct:

echo %JAVA_HOME%
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_101

echo %PATH%
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;c:\windows\system32;c:\windows;c:\windows\system32\wbem;c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin;C:\Installation;C:\Program Files (x86)\Brackets\command;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_101\bin;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;c:\windows\system32;c:\windows;c:\windows\system32\wbem;c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin;C:\Installation;C:\Program Files (x86)\Brackets\command;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_101\bin;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;c:\windows\system32;c:\windows;c:\windows\system32\wbem;c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\HashiCorp\Vagrant\bin;C:\Installation;C:\Program Files (x86)\Brackets\command;

Is there something else I'm missing?

Answer 1

Check for system environment variables and user environment variables... seems like eclipse is taking variables from different environment..

If problem persist then set the JAVA_HOME in eclipse to tell eclipse explicitly where java is installed in the system. To set JAVA_HOME in eclispe few options given below.

To set JAVA_HOME in eclipse navigate to windows menu -> preferences -> Add runtime variables

OR

Navigate to Run menu -> External Tools configurations -> Navigate to environment tab -> Add JAVA_HOME variable and it's path as it's value to set environment variable in eclipse.