"JAVA_HOME points to an invalid Java installation issue" with service install command in elastic search

Question

I want to use elastic search with my PHP application.

after running service install command , I am getting fallowing error.

C:\elasticsearch-0.90.10\bin>service install
JAVA_HOME points to an invalid Java installation (no java.exe found in "C:\Progr
am Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_25\bin"). Existing...

Answer 1

Open up and Look into the service.bat file:

It searches for:

%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe

hence your %JAVA_HOME% should not include bin in it.

A workaround if you do not have privileges to set up the environmental variables:

open the service.bat file,

a) Remove the line:

if NOT DEFINED JAVA_HOME goto err

b) Replace %JAVA_HOME% with your java jdk path, something like: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_51

Note: This is just a workaround which works all the time.

Answer 2

from your error message we can see your JAVA_HOME points to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_25\bin

while it should point to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_25

Answer 3

I think the error message is fairly descriptive , you should look in this folder is java.exe there ? If not then your JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the correct installation

heres a page showing how to do that https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Setting+the+JAVA_HOME+Variable+in+Windows

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