Oracle SqlDeveloper JDK path

Question

I have recently installed sqldeveloper but i'm getting the below warning window when I try to launch it. This is causing the sqldeveloper to run very very slow and it hangs frequently

I have tried editing the file sqldeveloper.cong as suggested in the window above but does not work

Original

SetJavaHome ../../jdk

Update 1

SetJavaHome C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_60\bin\ and all other variations but still getting the above warning window

Update 2 SetJavaHome C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin and all other variations

Please suggest the correct way

Answer 1

The message seems to be out of date. In version 4 that setting exists in two files, and you need to change it in the other one, which is:

%APPDATA%\sqldeveloper\1.0.0.0.0\product.conf

Which you might need to expand to your actual APPDATA, which will be something like C:\Users\cprasad\AppData\Roaming. In that file you will see the SetJavaHome is currently going to be set to the path to your Java 1.8 location, so change that as you did in the sqldeveloper.conf:

SetJavaHome C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_60\bin\

If the settig is blank (in both files, I think) then it should prompt you to pick the JDK location when you launch it, if you prefer.