For example, if JDK 1.8.0 and JDK 9 are installed, then the following registry keys are created: If there are two versions of JDK or JRE installed on a system, one with the new version-string format introduced in JDK 9, and the other with the older version format, then there will be two different CurrentVersion registry key values. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\JavaSoft\Java Web Start\ RuntimeLib: the full path name of the Java runtime DLL
JavaHome: the full path name of the directory in which the JRE is installed This key contains the following string values: