Description of problem: On Windows, when running standalone.bat with the JAVA_HOME environment variable set (but pointing to an empty directory), JBoss EAP fails to start and does not give an error message. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: every time in windows environment. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set the JAVA_HOME to a valid but empty directory on the system 2. run standalone.bat/domain.bat. Actual results: EAP will stop without giving any warning message Expected results: A warning about the java.exe should come in logs Additional info: Add additional checks in the standalone.conf/domain.bat to verify that %JAVA_HOME%\bin\java exists and warn if it does not.
Verified with EAP 6.4.17.CP.CR3
Released on 2017-09-05 as part of the EAP 6.4.17 release.