How can I manually check if jdk is installed on my machine, and if yes, what version?
If I had jdk in Windows 7, and now I installed Windows 8 separately on the same machine, do I need to reinstall the jdk? Or can I reuse it?
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How can I manually check if jdk is installed on my machine, and if yes, what version?
If I had jdk in Windows 7, and now I installed Windows 8 separately on the same machine, do I need to reinstall the jdk? Or can I reuse it?
When you install java on windows it can go by default in one of the following locations:
If you look in both of these locations, you will see exactly which JDKs and JREs are installed.
If you installed it somewhere else and don’t remember, you can still search for java.exe
If by “Can i use it”, you mean for use with an IDE like Eclipse or Netbeans, the answer is yes. They can use the JDK files no matter where they are, and whether it has been installed on the OS or not.
java -versionwill only tell you about a java version that would be on the path, which is not always the case.