Cannot start JOSM with JDK instead of JRE

[Josmi]

OS: Windows 7 (64 bit)
JOSM: 14824
JDK: 11.0.2 (64 bit), no other Java version installed

When launching josm.exe, a window pops up, saying:
"This application requires a Java Runtime Environment 1.8.0
The registry refers to a nonexistent Java Runtime Environment installation or the runtime is corrupted."

When using a command prompt to launch "java -jar 'C:\Program Files (x86)\JOSM\josm-tested.jar'", the result is:
"Error: opening registry key 'Software\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment'
Error: could not find java.dll
Error: Could not find Java SE Runtime Environment."

It seems as if JOSM was looking for a JRE-specific registry key, ignoring the path to the JDK key which is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/JavaSoft/JDK/11.0.2

Note: There is no JRE version of Java 11 from Oracle, only JDK.

[GerdP]

Make sure that you set java_home and path. You can do this in a *.cmd file similar to this:

setlocal
set java_home=c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11.0.2
set path=c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11.0.2\bin;%PATH%
java -jar 'C:\Program Files (x86)\JOSM\josm-tested.jar

Note that path has to point to sub directory bin.

[Don-vip]

See ​https://sourceforge.net/p/launch4j/bugs/197/