Java SDK Manager Crashes with "flashplayerplugin" in the command line output

Question

I read few topics about sdk manger and java issues but my problem doesn't correspond to any. When i'm launching SDK manager.exe I get as output :

flashplayerplugin

As I was thinking that it was a Java issue I've launched sdk\tools\libs\find_java.exe (the .bat returns a blank line)

I get as output :

flashplayerpluginC:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_17\bin\java.exe

I really don't understand why this flashplayerplugin is coming in the output and crashing the program.

Answer 1

I had the same issue. My problem was caused by the tool airfoil. It wrotes a registry entry on:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rogue Amoeba\Airfoil\WhiteList\WhiteListItem_12

with entry:

name = *flashplayerplugin

Solution: just remove the * before flashplayerplugin and then SDK Manager.exe will start properly.

Answer 2

It's not an issue with Java, it's an issue with Flash. See this Super User thread. The poster there was able to solve it, but I could not and had to use System Restore to get back to the point before I updated to the latest Flash player. In my case I think the difference may have been Chrome's custom Flash player.