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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]
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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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Not as a command, but this information is in the registry:

• Open the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment
• Read the CurrentVersion REG_SZ
• Open the subkey under Java Runtime Environment named with the CurrentVersion value
• Read the JavaHome REG_SZ to get the path

For example on my workstation i have

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment
  CurrentVersion = "1.6"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.5
  JavaHome = "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_20"
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.6
  JavaHome = "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6"

So my current JRE is in C:\Program Files\Java\jre6

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Following on from my other comment, here's a batch file which displays the current JRE or JDK based on the registry values.

It's different from the other solutions in instances where java is installed, but not on the PATH.

@ECHO off

SET KIT=JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment
call:ReadRegValue VER "HKLM\Software\%KIT%" "CurrentVersion"
IF "%VER%" NEQ "" GOTO FoundJRE

SET KIT=Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment
call:ReadRegValue VER "HKLM\Software\%KIT%" "CurrentVersion"
IF "%VER%" NEQ "" GOTO FoundJRE

SET KIT=JavaSoft\Java Development Kit
call:ReadRegValue VER "HKLM\Software\%KIT%" "CurrentVersion"
IF "%VER%" NEQ "" GOTO FoundJRE

SET KIT=Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit
call:ReadRegValue VER "HKLM\Software\%KIT%" "CurrentVersion"
IF "%VER%" NEQ "" GOTO FoundJRE

ECHO Failed to find Java
GOTO :EOF

:FoundJRE
call:ReadRegValue JAVAPATH "HKLM\Software\%KIT%\%VER%" "JavaHome"
ECHO %JAVAPATH%
GOTO :EOF

:ReadRegValue
SET key=%2%
SET name=%3%
SET "%~1="
SET reg=reg
IF DEFINED ProgramFiles(x86) (
  IF EXIST %WINDIR%\sysnative\reg.exe SET reg=%WINDIR%\sysnative\reg.exe
)
FOR /F "usebackq tokens=3* skip=1" %%A IN (`%reg% QUERY %key% /v %name% 2^>NUL`) DO SET "%~1=%%A %%B"
GOTO :EOF

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Look the answer to my previous question here

c:\> for %i in (java.exe) do @echo.   %~$PATH:i
C:\WINDOWS\system32\java.exe

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In the command line you can type java -version