iReport not starting using JRE 8

Question

I have downloaded and installed the iReport 4.5 using te Windows installer. But when I try to start the iReport it shows the splash screen but does not start.

My JR

Answer 1

For me, the combination of Stuart Gathman's and Raviath's answer in this thread did the trick in Windows Server 2016 for iReport 5.6.0.

In addition, I added a symlink within C:\program files\java\jre7 to jdk8 like this:

cmd /c mklink /d "C:\program files\java\jre7\bin" "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_181\bin"

because iReport was constantly complaining that it could not find java.exe within C:\program files\java\jre7\bin\ - So I served it the available java.exe (in my case V8.181) under the desired path and it swallowed it gladly.