On Windows, it says "failed to find Java VM"

[ComFreek]

I downloaded the portable installer (http://broken-by.me/download/pme-extract-run-zip/) and tried double-clicking PdfMetadataEditor64.exe in Windows Explorer. It shows "Failed to find Java VM".
The same error is shown upon running the CLI executables.

And if I invoke the .jar using Java manually, I get an exception:

$> java -jar pdf-metadata-edit-2.2.2.jar
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.net.URL.toExternalForm()" because "location" is null
        at java.desktop/javax.swing.ImageIcon.<init>(ImageIcon.java:217)
        at pmedit.PDFMetadataEditWindow.initialize(PDFMetadataEditWindow.java:390)
        at pmedit.PDFMetadataEditWindow.<init>(PDFMetadataEditWindow.java:55)
        at pmedit.Main.executeCommandSwingWorker(Main.java:132)
        at pmedit.Main$CommandsExecutor.process(Main.java:62)
        at java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker$3.run(SwingWorker.java:423)
        at java.desktop/sun.swing.AccumulativeRunnable.run(AccumulativeRunnable.java:112)
        at java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker$DoSubmitAccumulativeRunnable.run(SwingWorker.java:847)
        at java.desktop/sun.swing.AccumulativeRunnable.run(AccumulativeRunnable.java:112)
        at java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker$DoSubmitAccumulativeRunnable.actionPerformed(SwingWorker.java:857)
        at java.desktop/javax.swing.Timer.fireActionPerformed(Timer.java:310)
        at java.desktop/javax.swing.Timer$DoPostEvent.run(Timer.java:242)
        at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:316)
        at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:770)
        at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:721)
        at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:715)
        at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:391)
        at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85)
        at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:740)
        at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203)
        at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124)
        at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113)
        at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109)
        at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
        at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90)

My System

Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit, Build 19041.1052.

$> where.exe java
C:\Program Files\OpenJDK\jdk-16.0.1\bin\java.exe

$> java -version
openjdk version "16.0.1" 2021-04-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 16.0.1+9-24)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 16.0.1+9-24, mixed mode, sharing)

[zaro]

Unfortunately, only Java 8 is supported ATM. Ironically it's precisely windows support that is the problem to move to newer Java version.

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On Sat, Jun 19, 2021, 13:13 ComFreek ***@***.***> wrote: I downloaded the portable installer ( http://broken-by.me/download/pme-extract-run-zip/) and tried double-clicking PdfMetadataEditor64.exe in Windows Explorer. It shows "Failed to find Java VM". The same error is shown upon running the CLI executables. And if I invoke the .jar using Java manually, I get an exception: $> java -jar pdf-metadata-edit-2.2.2.jar java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.net.URL.toExternalForm()" because "location" is null at java.desktop/javax.swing.ImageIcon.<init>(ImageIcon.java:217) at pmedit.PDFMetadataEditWindow.initialize(PDFMetadataEditWindow.java:390) at pmedit.PDFMetadataEditWindow.<init>(PDFMetadataEditWindow.java:55) at pmedit.Main.executeCommandSwingWorker(Main.java:132) at pmedit.Main$CommandsExecutor.process(Main.java:62) at java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker$3.run(SwingWorker.java:423) at java.desktop/sun.swing.AccumulativeRunnable.run(AccumulativeRunnable.java:112) at java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker$DoSubmitAccumulativeRunnable.run(SwingWorker.java:847) at java.desktop/sun.swing.AccumulativeRunnable.run(AccumulativeRunnable.java:112) at java.desktop/javax.swing.SwingWorker$DoSubmitAccumulativeRunnable.actionPerformed(SwingWorker.java:857) at java.desktop/javax.swing.Timer.fireActionPerformed(Timer.java:310) at java.desktop/javax.swing.Timer$DoPostEvent.run(Timer.java:242) at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:316) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:770) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:721) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:715) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:391) at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:740) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101) at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90) My System Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit, Build 19041.1052. $> where.exe java C:\Program Files\OpenJDK\jdk-16.0.1\bin\java.exe $> java -version openjdk version "16.0.1" 2021-04-20 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 16.0.1+9-24) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 16.0.1+9-24, mixed mode, sharing) — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#21>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AABBDXT3UJAWAN7V5FQTFOLTTRUS5ANCNFSM4665VAPA> .

[aaronamm]

I got the same issue "failed to find Java VM"
I use OpenJDK 8 but it does not work for me as well.

PS C:\Users\aaron\Documents> where.exe java
C:\Program Files\OpenJDK\openjdk-8u312-b07\bin\java.exe
PS C:\Users\aaron\Documents> java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_312"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_312-b07)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.312-b07, mixed mode)

Here is my OS version:
10.0.19043.0 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19043.0

[zaro]

There is a new version 3.0.0 with all the requirement bundled, so it should work.