Error could not create the Java Virtual Machine Error A fatal exception has occured Program will exit

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I have just installed Java SE Development Kit 8u91 on my 64 bit Windows-10 OS  I set my path variables   I tried java --version in my command prompt it gave me an error   c  Users Onlymanu gt java --version Unrecognized option  --version     Error  Could not create the Java Virtual Machine   Error  A fatal exception has occurred  Program will exit    But when i tried java -version it worked    I tried initializing  JAVA OPTIONS  environment variable and ever tried re-installation none of them worked  Can any one help me please

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Java 8  java -version  Java 9   java --version

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java -version java -showversion   Both commands work In Linux 16 04 LTS

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I think you have put command like java -VERSION  This is in capital letters You need to put all command in lowercase letters  javac -version java -version   All characters must be in lowercase letter

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Your command is wrong   Linux  java -- version  macOS  java -version  You can t use those commands other way around

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I was facing a similar issue  Actually the command is     java -version and not java --version    You will get output something like this   java version  1 8 0 162  Java TM  SE Runtime Environment  build 1 8 0 162-b12  Java HotSpot TM  64-Bit Server VM  build 25 162-b12  mixed mode

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Try executing below command   java -help   It gives option as       -version      print product version and exit   java -version is the correct command to execute

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--version is a valid option from JDK 9 and it is not a valid option until JDK 8 hence you get the below   Unrecognized option  --version Error  Could not create the Java Virtual Machine  Error  A fatal exception has occurred  Program will exit    You can try installing JDK 9 or any version later and check for java --version it will work   Alternately  from the installed JDK 9 or later versions you can see from java -help the below two options will be available       -version      print product version to the error stream and exit     --version     print product version to the output stream and exit   where as in JDK 8 you will only have below when you execute java -help      -version      print product version and exit    I hope it answers your question

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the command should be java -version

[java] Error:could not create the Java Virtual Machine Error:A fatal exception has occured.Program will exit

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