Java se "occurred during initialization of VM"

Question

I installed jdk se 32bit on windows 7 x64. At "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html" for windows.

And I got this error message.

C:\Users\Administrator>javac -version Error occurred during initialization of VM java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: error in opening JAR file d:\Program Files (x8 6)\prg_java\jdk1.6.0_26\jre\lib\rt.jar at java.security.AccessControlContext.(AccessControlContext.java :77) at java.security.AccessController.getStackAccessControlContext(Native Me thod) at java.security.AccessController.getContext(AccessController.java:484) at java.lang.Thread.init(Thread.java:358) at java.lang.Thread.(Thread.java:476)

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: error in opening JAR file jdk1.6.0_26\jre\lib\rt.jar

How can I solve this problem?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This problem occurs due to corrupt files in the JAVA SE you are using.

1. Uninstall the jdk you are using
2. Download the jdk setup file (which ever release you need)
3. Install the jdk. Change the env vars correctly.

Now you won't get this error.