[Windows] Search for Java installation in registry using BATCH script
Check for the Java installation scanning through registry. This batch file searches for Java 6 Update 16 (32 bit) or above. If any version of Java that is older than this is found, it will error out.
@ECHO OFF
setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS
IF %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%==AMD64 GOTO CHECK_JAVA_64
IF %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%==x86 GOTO CHECK_JAVA_32
@ECHO Detecting Java version installed.
:CHECK_JAVA_64
@ECHO Detecting if it is 64 bit machine
set KEY_NAME="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment"
set VALUE_NAME=CurrentVersion
set VALUE_FAMILYNAME=Java6FamilyVersion
FOR /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=1-3" %%A IN (`REG QUERY %KEY_NAME% /v %VALUE_NAME% 2^>nul`) DO (
set ValueName=%%A
set ValueType=%%B
set ValueValue=%%C
)
@ECHO CurrentVersion %ValueValue%
IF "%ValueValue%" == "1.6" (
FOR /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=1-3" %%A IN (`REG QUERY %KEY_NAME% /v %VALUE_FAMILYNAME% 2^>nul`) DO (
set ValueFamilyName=%%A
set ValueFamilyType=%%B
set ValueFamilyValue=%%C
)
)
IF "%ValueValue%" == "1.6" (
IF "%ValueFamilyValue%" LSS "1.6.0_16" GOTO JAVA_NOT_INSTALLED
)
SET KEY_NAME="%KEY_NAME:~1,-1%\%ValueValue%"
SET VALUE_NAME=JavaHome
if defined ValueName (
FOR /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=1,2*" %%A IN (`REG QUERY %KEY_NAME% /v %VALUE_NAME% 2^>nul`) DO (
set ValueName2=%%A
set ValueType2=%%B
set JRE_PATH2=%%C
if defined ValueName2 (
set ValueName = %ValueName2%
set ValueType = %ValueType2%
set ValueValue = %JRE_PATH2%
)
)
)
IF NOT "%JRE_PATH2%" == "" GOTO JAVA_INSTALLED
IF "%JRE_PATH2%" == "" GOTO JAVA_NOT_INSTALLED
:CHECK_JAVA_32
@ECHO Detecting if it is 32 bit machine
set KEY_NAME="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment"
set VALUE_NAME=CurrentVersion
set VALUE_FAMILYNAME=Java6FamilyVersion
FOR /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=1-3" %%A IN (`REG QUERY %KEY_NAME% /v %VALUE_NAME% 2^>nul`) DO (
set ValueName=%%A
set ValueType=%%B
set ValueValue=%%C
)
@ECHO CurrentVersion %ValueValue%
IF "%ValueValue%" == "" GOTO CHECK_JAVA_32
IF "%ValueValue%" == "1.6" (
FOR /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=1-3" %%A IN (`REG QUERY %KEY_NAME% /v %VALUE_FAMILYNAME% 2^>nul`) DO (
set ValueFamilyName=%%A
set ValueFamilyType=%%B
set ValueFamilyValue=%%C
)
)
IF "%ValueValue%" == "1.6" (
IF "%ValueFamilyValue%" LSS "1.6.0_16" GOTO JAVA_NOT_INSTALLED
)
SET KEY_NAME="%KEY_NAME:~1,-1%\%ValueValue%"
SET VALUE_NAME=JavaHome
if defined ValueName (
FOR /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=1,2*" %%A IN (`REG QUERY %KEY_NAME% /v %VALUE_NAME% 2^>nul`) DO (
set ValueName2=%%A
set ValueType2=%%B
set JRE_PATH2=%%C
if defined ValueName2 (
set ValueName = %ValueName2%
set ValueType = %ValueType2%
set ValueValue = %JRE_PATH2%
)
)
)
IF "%JRE_PATH2%" == "" GOTO JAVA_NOT_INSTALLED
:JAVA_INSTALLED
REM Do whatever you want to do when Java is installed
GOTO END
:JAVA_NOT_INSTALLED
REM Do whatever you want to do when Java is NOT installed
PAUSE
GOTO END
:END
REM End of Batch File
Written by Harshad Kale
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