This Bugzilla instance is a read-only archive of historic NetBeans bug reports. To report a bug in NetBeans please follow the project's instructions for reporting issues.
Created attachment 158068 [details] this is the trace output file I am unable to start NetBeans 8.0.2. below error in log file and attached trace output >Log Session: Friday, January 8, 2016 5:49:48 PM EET >System Info: Product Version = NetBeans IDE 8.0.2 (Build 201411181905) (#8230772f5f18) Operating System = Windows 7 version 6.1 running on x86 Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0_25; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 25.25-b02; Oracle Corporation Runtime = Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_25-b18 Java Home = c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre System Locale; Encoding = en_US (nb); Cp1252 Home Directory = C:\Users\haitham.eid Current Directory = C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\bin User Directory = C:\Users\haitham.eid\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\8.0.2 Cache Directory = C:\Users\haitham.eid\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache\8.0.2 Installation = C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\nb C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\ergonomics C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\ide C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\extide C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\java C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\apisupport C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\webcommon C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\websvccommon C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\enterprise C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\mobility C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\profiler C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\php C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\harness C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\cnd C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\dlight C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\groovy C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\javacard C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\javafx C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform Boot & Ext. Classpath = c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\resources.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\rt.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\sunrsasign.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\jsse.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\jce.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\charsets.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\jfr.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\classes;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\ext\access-bridge.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\ext\cldrdata.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\ext\dnsns.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\ext\jaccess.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\ext\jfxrt.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\ext\localedata.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\ext\nashorn.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\ext\sunec.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\ext\sunjce_provider.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\ext\sunmscapi.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\ext\sunpkcs11.jar;c:\jdk1.8.0_25\jre\lib\ext\zipfs.jar Application Classpath = C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\boot.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\org-openide-modules.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\org-openide-util-lookup.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\org-openide-util.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\boot_ja.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\boot_pt_BR.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\boot_ru.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\boot_zh_CN.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\org-openide-modules_ja.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\org-openide-modules_pt_BR.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\org-openide-modules_ru.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\org-openide-modules_zh_CN.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\org-openide-util-lookup_ja.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\org-openide-util-lookup_pt_BR.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\org-openide-util-lookup_ru.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\org-openide-util-lookup_zh_CN.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\org-openide-util_ja.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\org-openide-util_pt_BR.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\org-openide-util_ru.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\lib\locale\org-openide-util_zh_CN.jar Startup Classpath = C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\core\core.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\core\org-openide-filesystems.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\core\locale\core_ja.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\core\locale\core_pt_BR.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\core\locale\core_ru.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\core\locale\core_zh_CN.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\core\locale\org-openide-filesystems_ja.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\core\locale\org-openide-filesystems_pt_BR.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\core\locale\org-openide-filesystems_ru.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\platform\core\locale\org-openide-filesystems_zh_CN.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\nb\core\org-netbeans-upgrader.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\nb\core\locale\core_nb.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\nb\core\locale\core_nb_ja.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\nb\core\locale\core_nb_pt_BR.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\nb\core\locale\core_nb_ru.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\nb\core\locale\core_nb_zh_CN.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\nb\core\locale\org-netbeans-upgrader_ja.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\nb\core\locale\org-netbeans-upgrader_pt_BR.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\nb\core\locale\org-netbeans-upgrader_ru.jar;C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\nb\core\locale\org-netbeans-upgrader_zh_CN.jar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- java.lang.IllegalStateException: Were trying to install a module that had never been checked: StandardModule:org.netbeans.api.debugger.jpda jarFile: C:\NetBeans 8.0.2\java\modules\org-netbeans-api-debugger-jpda.jar at org.netbeans.ModuleManager.enable(ModuleManager.java:1110) at org.netbeans.ModuleManager.enable(ModuleManager.java:1017) at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleList.installNew(ModuleList.java:340) at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleList.trigger(ModuleList.java:276) at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleSystem.restore(ModuleSystem.java:301) at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.getModuleSystem(Main.java:181) at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.getModuleSystem(Main.java:150) at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.start(Main.java:307) at org.netbeans.core.startup.TopThreadGroup.run(TopThreadGroup.java:123) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: org.netbeans.InvalidException: <b>The JDK is missing and is required to run some NetBeans modules</b><br> Please use the --jdkhome command line option to specify a JDK<br>installation or see <a href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqRunningOnJre">http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqRunningOnJre</a> for<br> more information. at org.netbeans.ModuleManager.enable(ModuleManager.java:1094) ... 9 more
Not an launcher issue. From the log I can see, you are probably trying to run on JRE - JDK is necessary.