JRE installation directory in Windows [closed]

Solution 1:

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]
...

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)

Solution 2:

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