jre folder not found for java se 13

Question

I downloaded the installer for the java se 13 development kit. When the installation completed the jre folder was missing in the C://java directory. When I entered the command java -version in the cmd prompt I got three errors stating:

error: opening registry key 'software/javasoft/jre'

error: could not find java.dll

error: could not find java se runtime environment

How to rectify this situation?

Answer 1

Make sure you remove any java.exe, javaw.exe and javaws.exe from your Windows\System32 folder and if you have an x64 system (Win 7 64 bits) also do the same under Windows\SysWOW64.

Java Error opening registry key

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