Cannot locate java installation in specified jdkhome

[hpavon]

Describe the bug
When trying to launch VisualVM on Windows I get the error message "Cannot locate java installation in specified jdkhome"

To Reproduce

1. Install Eclipse Adoptium jdk-8.0.362.9. No other JDK or JRE installed.
2. Add C:\Program Files (x86)\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-8.0.362.9-hotspot\bin to PATH. Set JAVA_HOME to C:\Program Files (x86)\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-8.0.362.9-hotspot\
3. VisualVM is unzipped in C:\visualvm_218
4. Tried to run VisualVM by just double clicking visualvm.exe in C:\visualvm_218\bin -> Error: Cannot find Java 1.8 or higher.
5. Tried to launch from command line as visualvm.exe --jdkhome %JAVA_HOME%
   Error: Cannot locate java installation in specified jdkhome C:\Program
6. Tried to launch from command line as visualvm.exe --jdkhome "%JAVA_HOME%"
   Error: Cannot locate java installation in specified jdkhome C:\Program Files (x86)\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-8.0.362.9-hotspot
7. Similar result for visualvm.exe --jdkhome "%JAVA_HOME%"bin
8. Tried changing backslashes for slashes (read somewhere) visualvm.exe -jdkhome "C:/Program Files (x86)/Eclipse Adoptium/jdk-8.0.362.9-hotspot"
   Error: Cannot find Java 1.8 or higher.
9. Tried to launch from command line as visualvm.exe --jdkhome "%JAVA_HOME%jre"
   Error: You are running VisualVM using Java Runtime Environment
10. All the previous with or without specifiying --userdir

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Expected behavior
VisualVM runs.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Datacenter
• JDK version [OpenJDK 1.8.0_362]
• VisualVM version [e.g. 2.1.8]

[thurka]

Try this:

visualvm.exe --jdkhome "C:\Program Files (x86)\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-8.0.362.9-hotspot"