Ant “JAVA_HOME does not point to the JDK” - but it does

Question

I cannot run my Ant build.xml since I updated to java 1.7.0_52 (or there about). I have been running it for years through Eclipse locally on my Windows 7 laptop - but with t

Answer 1

Sorry for the unearthing,

I had the same problem, my solution doesn't need any modification in environment variables, and works for a recent JDK where the tools.jar can't be found.

Just go in the small down-arrow next to the ant run button Then click "Configure external tools" Then in JRE tab Select a JDK installed on your computer, not a JRE, no problems if the selected JDK is not the same JDK/JRE as in your project.

It should be work now.