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Asked: 2026-05-17T18:41:54+00:00

Is there any command to check the active (since the machine can have more

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Is there any command to check the active (since the machine can have more than 1 JRE installed) JRE installation directory under Windows. For linux, the corresponding command is

which java

Is there any Windows equivalent ?

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    where java works for me to list all java exe but java -verbose tells you which rt.jar is used and thus which jre (full path):

    [Opened C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\rt.jar]
...

    Edit: win7 and java:

    java version "1.6.0_20"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_20-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 16.3-b01, mixed mode)
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