How to determine Windows Java installation location

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You can do it through the registry. You were looking in the wrong place though. I knocked together a quick example for you:

private string GetJavaInstallationPath()
{
    string environmentPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("JAVA_HOME");
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(environmentPath))
    {
       return environmentPath;
    }

    string javaKey = "SOFTWARE\\JavaSoft\\Java Runtime Environment\\";
    using (Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey rk = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(javaKey))
    {
        string currentVersion = rk.GetValue("CurrentVersion").ToString();
        using (Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey key = rk.OpenSubKey(currentVersion))
        {
            return key.GetValue("JavaHome").ToString();
        }
    }
}

Then to use it, just do the following:

string installPath = GetJavaInstallationPath();
string filePath = System.IO.Path.Combine(installPath, "bin\\Java.exe");
if (System.IO.File.Exists(filePath))
{
    // We have a winner
}

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