Why does ANT tell me that JAVA_HOME is wrong when it is not?

Question

I get the error:

C:\\dev\\ws\\springapp\\build.xml:81: Unable to find a javac compiler; com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath. Perhaps JAVA_HOME does not

Answer 1

Make sure you do not use the trailing semicolon: This will not work:

set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_29;

This will:

set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_29