Windows start - running for first time in Windows - Will not install KARAF

[rcehon]

Hi,
I am new at openHAB, but I thought I would check out the beta version of v2 since it looked pretty cool. I am running this on a Windows 10 machine and it looks like there is an installation issue with Karaf.

c:\OpenHab\OpenHab2.0>start.bat
Launching the openHAB runtime...
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
Unable to retrieve JAVA_HOME from Registry
JAVA_HOME is not valid: ""
The system cannot find the batch label specified - END
karaf.bat: JAVA_HOME not set; results may vary
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
karaf.bat: Unable to retrieve JAVA_HOME from Registry
karaf.bat: JAVA_HOME is not valid: ""

[dvanherbergen]

Can you post the results of the following commands?

java -version
echo %JAVA_HOME%

[rcehon]

c:\OpenHab\OpenHab2.0>java -version
java version "1.8.0_73"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_73-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.73-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

c:\OpenHab\OpenHab2.0>echo %JAVA_HOME%
%JAVA_HOME%

[Nightshadow1258]

i am getting the same error on start up

[adamcooks]

Hi, I had this error too - after reading this thread i installed the Java Developer Kit (JDK 8) and I was good to go.

[kaikreuzer]

Ok, so this seems to be a duplicate of #56 - so I am closing it here.