Implemented detecting the JRE install path from the Windows registry.

Makefile

@@ -29,14 +29,22 @@ resources: init
 	windres -o obj/splash_screen.o res/splash_screen.rc
 
 headers: init resources
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head.exe                         -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=0 -DSTAY_ALIVE=1 -DENABLE_SPLASH=1 src/head.c obj/icon.o obj/splash_screen.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head.exe                                  -DDETECT_REGISTRY=0 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=0 -DSTAY_ALIVE=1 -DENABLE_SPLASH=1 src/head.c obj/icon.o obj/splash_screen.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_nosplash.exe                -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=0 -DSTAY_ALIVE=1 -DENABLE_SPLASH=0 src/head.c obj/icon.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_nosplash.exe                         -DDETECT_REGISTRY=0 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=0 -DSTAY_ALIVE=1 -DENABLE_SPLASH=0 src/head.c obj/icon.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_nowait.exe                  -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=0 -DSTAY_ALIVE=0 -DENABLE_SPLASH=1 src/head.c obj/icon.o obj/splash_screen.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_nowait.exe                           -DDETECT_REGISTRY=0 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=0 -DSTAY_ALIVE=0 -DENABLE_SPLASH=1 src/head.c obj/icon.o obj/splash_screen.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_nowait_nosplash.exe         -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=0 -DSTAY_ALIVE=0 -DENABLE_SPLASH=0 src/head.c obj/icon.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_nowait_nosplash.exe                  -DDETECT_REGISTRY=0 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=0 -DSTAY_ALIVE=0 -DENABLE_SPLASH=0 src/head.c obj/icon.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_wrapped.exe                 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=1 -DSTAY_ALIVE=1 -DENABLE_SPLASH=1 src/head.c obj/icon.o obj/splash_screen.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_wrapped.exe                          -DDETECT_REGISTRY=0 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=1 -DSTAY_ALIVE=1 -DENABLE_SPLASH=1 src/head.c obj/icon.o obj/splash_screen.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_wrapped_nosplash.exe        -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=1 -DSTAY_ALIVE=1 -DENABLE_SPLASH=0 src/head.c obj/icon.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_wrapped_nosplash.exe                 -DDETECT_REGISTRY=0 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=1 -DSTAY_ALIVE=1 -DENABLE_SPLASH=0 src/head.c obj/icon.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_wrapped_nowait.exe          -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=1 -DSTAY_ALIVE=0 -DENABLE_SPLASH=1 src/head.c obj/icon.o obj/splash_screen.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_wrapped_nowait.exe                   -DDETECT_REGISTRY=0 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=1 -DSTAY_ALIVE=0 -DENABLE_SPLASH=1 src/head.c obj/icon.o obj/splash_screen.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_wrapped_nowait_nosplash.exe -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=1 -DSTAY_ALIVE=0 -DENABLE_SPLASH=0 src/head.c obj/icon.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_wrapped_nowait_nosplash.exe          -DDETECT_REGISTRY=0 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=1 -DSTAY_ALIVE=0 -DENABLE_SPLASH=0 src/head.c obj/icon.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_registry.exe                         -DDETECT_REGISTRY=1 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=0 -DSTAY_ALIVE=1 -DENABLE_SPLASH=1 src/head.c obj/icon.o obj/splash_screen.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_registry_nosplash.exe                -DDETECT_REGISTRY=1 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=0 -DSTAY_ALIVE=1 -DENABLE_SPLASH=0 src/head.c obj/icon.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_registry_nowait.exe                  -DDETECT_REGISTRY=1 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=0 -DSTAY_ALIVE=0 -DENABLE_SPLASH=1 src/head.c obj/icon.o obj/splash_screen.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_registry_nowait_nosplash.exe         -DDETECT_REGISTRY=1 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=0 -DSTAY_ALIVE=0 -DENABLE_SPLASH=0 src/head.c obj/icon.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_registry_wrapped.exe                 -DDETECT_REGISTRY=1 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=1 -DSTAY_ALIVE=1 -DENABLE_SPLASH=1 src/head.c obj/icon.o obj/splash_screen.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_registry_wrapped_nosplash.exe        -DDETECT_REGISTRY=1 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=1 -DSTAY_ALIVE=1 -DENABLE_SPLASH=0 src/head.c obj/icon.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_registry_wrapped_nowait.exe          -DDETECT_REGISTRY=1 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=1 -DSTAY_ALIVE=0 -DENABLE_SPLASH=1 src/head.c obj/icon.o obj/splash_screen.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bin/head_registry_wrapped_nowait_nosplash.exe -DDETECT_REGISTRY=1 -DJAR_FILE_WRAPPED=1 -DSTAY_ALIVE=0 -DENABLE_SPLASH=0 src/head.c obj/icon.o
 	strip bin/head.exe
 	strip bin/head_nosplash.exe
 	strip bin/head_nowait.exe
@@ -45,6 +53,14 @@ headers: init resources
 	strip bin/head_wrapped_nosplash.exe
 	strip bin/head_wrapped_nowait.exe
 	strip bin/head_wrapped_nowait_nosplash.exe
+	strip bin/head_registry.exe
+	strip bin/head_registry_nosplash.exe
+	strip bin/head_registry_nowait.exe
+	strip bin/head_registry_nowait_nosplash.exe
+	strip bin/head_registry_wrapped.exe
+	strip bin/head_registry_wrapped_nosplash.exe
+	strip bin/head_registry_wrapped_nowait.exe
+	strip bin/head_registry_wrapped_nowait_nosplash.exe
 
 clean: init
 	rm -f bin/*.exe

src/head.c

@@ -13,18 +13,26 @@
 
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN 1
 
-#include <Windows.h>
+// CRT
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <direct.h>
+
+// Win32 API
+#include <Windows.h>
+#include <shellapi.h>
+
+// Resources
 #include "resource.h"
 
 // Const
-static const DWORD SPLASH_SCREEN_TIMEOUT = 30000U;
 static const wchar_t *const JRE_RELATIVE_PATH = L"runtime\\bin\\javaw.exe";
+static const wchar_t *const JRE_DOWNLOAD_LINK = L"https://adoptopenjdk.net/";
+static const DWORD SPLASH_SCREEN_TIMEOUT = 30000U;
+static const ULONGLONG JAVA_MINIMUM_VERSION = 0x0008000000000000ull;
 
 // Options
 #ifndef ENABLE_SPLASH
@@ -39,18 +47,27 @@ static const wchar_t *const JRE_RELATIVE_PATH = L"runtime\\bin\\javaw.exe";
 #ifndef STAY_ALIVE
 #define STAY_ALIVE 1
 #endif
+#ifndef DETECT_REGISTRY
+#define DETECT_REGISTRY 0
+#endif
+#ifndef PREFER_X64
+#define PREFER_X64 1
+#endif
 
 /* ======================================================================== */
 /* String routines                                                          */
 /* ======================================================================== */
 
 #define NOT_EMPTY(STR) ((STR) && ((STR)[0U]))
+#define SET_STRING(DST,SRC) do \
+{ \
+    if((DST)) { free((void*)(DST)); } \
+    (DST) = (SRC); \
+} \
+while(0)
 
-static wchar_t *awprintf(const wchar_t *const fmt, ...)
+static wchar_t *vawprintf(const wchar_t *const fmt, va_list ap)
 {
-    va_list ap;
-    va_start(ap, fmt);
-    
     const int str_len = _vscwprintf(fmt, ap);
     if (str_len < 1)
     {
@@ -70,6 +87,16 @@ static wchar_t *awprintf(const wchar_t *const fmt, ...)
         buffer = NULL;
     }
 
+    return buffer;
+}
+
+static wchar_t *awprintf(const wchar_t *const fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+
+    wchar_t *const buffer = vawprintf(fmt, ap);
+
     va_end(ap);
     return buffer;
 }
@@ -93,6 +120,30 @@ static wchar_t *wcsndup (const wchar_t *const str, const size_t n)
     return result;
 }
 
+/* ======================================================================== */
+/* System information                                                       */
+/* ======================================================================== */
+
+typedef BOOL (WINAPI *LPFN_ISWOW64PROCESS) (HANDLE, PBOOL);
+
+static BOOL running_on_64bit(void)
+{
+#ifndef _M_X64
+    BOOL is_wow64_flag = FALSE;
+    const LPFN_ISWOW64PROCESS is_wow64_process = (LPFN_ISWOW64PROCESS) GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleW(L"kernel32"),"IsWow64Process");
+    if (is_wow64_process)
+    {
+        if (!is_wow64_process(GetCurrentProcess(), &is_wow64_flag))
+        {
+            is_wow64_flag = FALSE;
+        }
+    }
+    return is_wow64_flag;
+#else
+    return TRUE;
+#endif
+}
+
 /* ======================================================================== */
 /* File name routines                                                       */
 /* ======================================================================== */
@@ -148,6 +199,18 @@ static wchar_t *remove_file_extension(const wchar_t *const path)
     return wcsdup(path);
 }
 
+static void trim_trailing_separator(wchar_t *const path)
+{
+    if(NOT_EMPTY(path))
+    {
+        size_t len = wcslen(path);
+        while ((len > 0U) && ((path[len-1U] == L'\\') || (path[len-1U] == L'/')))
+        {
+            path[--len] = L'\0';
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static BOOL file_exists(const wchar_t *const filename) {
     struct _stat buffer;
     if (_wstat(filename, &buffer) == 0)
@@ -157,6 +220,128 @@ static BOOL file_exists(const wchar_t *const filename) {
     return FALSE;
 }
 
+/* ======================================================================== */
+/* Registry routines                                                        */
+/* ======================================================================== */
+
+typedef BOOL (*reg_enum_callback_t)(const wchar_t *const key_name, const ULONG_PTR user_data);
+
+static DWORD get_registry_view(const BOOL view_64bit)
+{
+#ifndef _M_X64
+    return view_64bit ? KEY_WOW64_64KEY : 0U;
+#else
+    return view_64bit ? 0U : KEY_WOW64_32KEY;
+#endif
+}
+
+static wchar_t *reg_read_string(const HKEY root_key, const wchar_t *const path, const wchar_t *const name, const BOOL view_64bit)
+{
+    HKEY key = NULL;
+    if(RegOpenKeyEx(root_key, path, 0U, KEY_QUERY_VALUE | get_registry_view(view_64bit), &key) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+    {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    
+    DWORD buffer_len = MAX_PATH;
+    BYTE *buffer = (BYTE*) malloc(sizeof(wchar_t) * buffer_len);
+    if(!buffer)
+    {
+        RegCloseKey(key);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    DWORD type = 0U, size = sizeof(wchar_t) * buffer_len;
+    LSTATUS status = RegQueryValueExW(key, name, NULL, &type, buffer, &size);
+    while (status == ERROR_MORE_DATA)
+    {
+        buffer_len = (buffer_len < 512U) ? 512U : (2U * buffer_len);
+        BYTE *buffer = (BYTE*) realloc(buffer, size = (sizeof(wchar_t) * buffer_len));
+        if(!buffer)
+        {
+            RegCloseKey(key);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        status = RegQueryValueExW(key, name, NULL, &type, buffer, &size);
+    }
+    if ((status != ERROR_SUCCESS) || (size < sizeof(wchar_t)) || ((type != REG_SZ) && (type != REG_EXPAND_SZ)))
+    {
+        free(buffer);
+        RegCloseKey(key);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    const size_t char_count = size / sizeof(wchar_t);
+    if (((wchar_t*)buffer)[char_count - 1U])
+    {
+        while (char_count >= buffer_len)
+        {
+            BYTE *buffer = (BYTE*) realloc(buffer, sizeof(wchar_t) * (buffer_len = char_count + 1U));
+            if(!buffer)
+            {
+                RegCloseKey(key);
+                return NULL;
+            }
+        }
+        ((wchar_t*)buffer)[char_count] = L'\0';
+    }
+
+    RegCloseKey(key);
+    return (wchar_t*) buffer;
+}
+
+static BOOL reg_enum_subkeys(const HKEY root_key, const wchar_t *const path, const BOOL view_64bit, const reg_enum_callback_t callback, const ULONG_PTR user_data)
+{
+    HKEY key = NULL;
+    if(RegOpenKeyEx(root_key, path, 0U, KEY_QUERY_VALUE | KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS | get_registry_view(view_64bit), &key) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+    {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    DWORD max_len = 0U;
+    if(RegQueryInfoKeyW(key, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &max_len, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL) != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+    {
+        RegCloseKey(key);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    wchar_t *buffer = (wchar_t*) malloc(sizeof(wchar_t) * (max_len + 1U));
+    if (!buffer)
+    {
+        RegCloseKey(key);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    BOOL result = TRUE;
+    for (DWORD index = 0U; index < MAXDWORD; ++index)
+    {
+        DWORD len = max_len + 1U;
+        switch (RegEnumKeyExW(key, index, buffer, &len, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL))
+        {
+        case ERROR_SUCCESS:
+            if (!callback(buffer, user_data))
+            {
+                goto exit_loop;
+            }
+            break;
+        case ERROR_MORE_DATA:
+            result = FALSE;
+            break;
+        case ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS:
+            goto exit_loop;
+        default:
+            result = FALSE;
+            goto exit_loop;
+        }
+    }
+
+exit_loop:
+
+    RegCloseKey(key);
+    free(buffer);
+    return result;
+}
+
 /* ======================================================================== */
 /* Path detection                                                           */
 /* ======================================================================== */
@@ -235,6 +420,163 @@ static const BOOL set_current_directory(const wchar_t *const path)
     }
 }
 
+/* ======================================================================== */
+/* Java detection (from registry)                                           */
+/* ======================================================================== */
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    const BOOL flag_x64;
+    const HKEY root_key;
+    const wchar_t *const base_reg_path;
+    ULONGLONG version;
+    const wchar_t *runtime_path;
+}
+java_home_t;
+
+static ULONGLONG parse_java_version(const wchar_t *const version_str)
+{
+    ULONGLONG version = 0ULL;
+    UINT level = 0U;
+
+    if (NOT_EMPTY(version_str))
+    {
+        wchar_t *const temp = wcsdup(version_str);
+        if (temp)
+        {
+            static const wchar_t *const delimiters = L".,_";
+            BOOL first_token = TRUE;
+            const wchar_t *token = wcstok(temp, delimiters);
+            while (token)
+            {
+                const DWORD component = wcstoul(token, NULL, 10);
+                if (!(first_token && (component == 1U)))
+                {
+                    version = (version << 16) | (component & 0xFFFF);
+                    ++level;
+                }
+                token = wcstok(NULL, delimiters);
+                first_token = FALSE;
+            }
+        }
+        free(temp);
+    }
+
+    while(level < 4U)
+    {
+        version <<= 16;
+        ++level;
+    }
+
+    return version;
+}
+
+static const wchar_t *detect_java_runtime_verify(const BOOL flag_x64, const HKEY root_key, const wchar_t *const full_reg_path)
+{
+    static const wchar_t *const REL_PATHS[] =
+    {
+        L"%ls\\jre\\bin\\javaw.exe", L"%ls\\bin\\javaw.exe", NULL
+    };
+
+    BOOL is_valid = FALSE;
+    wchar_t *const java_home_path = reg_read_string(root_key, full_reg_path, L"JavaHome", flag_x64);
+    trim_trailing_separator(java_home_path);
+    if (NOT_EMPTY(java_home_path))
+    {
+        for (size_t i = 0U; REL_PATHS[i]; ++i)
+        {
+            wchar_t *const java_executable_path = awprintf(REL_PATHS[i], java_home_path);
+            if (java_executable_path)
+            {
+                if (file_exists(java_executable_path))
+                {
+                    free(java_home_path);
+                    return java_executable_path;
+                }
+                free(java_executable_path);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    free(java_home_path);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static BOOL detect_java_runtime_callback(const wchar_t *const key_name, const ULONG_PTR user_data)
+{
+    const ULONGLONG version = parse_java_version(key_name);
+    if(version > JAVA_MINIMUM_VERSION)
+    {
+        java_home_t *const ptr = (java_home_t*) user_data;
+        if(version > ptr->version)
+        {
+            wchar_t *const full_reg_path = awprintf(L"%ls\\%ls", ptr->base_reg_path, key_name);
+            if (full_reg_path)
+            {
+                const wchar_t *const java_runtime_path = detect_java_runtime_verify(ptr->flag_x64, ptr->root_key, full_reg_path);
+                if(java_runtime_path)
+                {
+                    SET_STRING(ptr->runtime_path, java_runtime_path);
+                    ptr->version = version;
+                }
+                free(full_reg_path);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+static const wchar_t *detect_java_runtime_loop(const BOOL flag_x64)
+{
+    static const wchar_t *const REG_KEY_PATHS[2U][3U] =
+    {
+        { L"SOFTWARE\\JavaSoft\\Java Runtime Environment", L"SOFTWARE\\JavaSoft\\JRE", NULL },
+        { L"SOFTWARE\\JavaSoft\\Java Development Kit",     L"SOFTWARE\\JavaSoft\\JDK", NULL }
+    };
+
+    ULONGLONG version = 0U;
+    const wchar_t *runtime_path = NULL;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < 2U; ++i)
+    {
+        for (size_t j = 0; REG_KEY_PATHS[i][j]; ++j)
+        {
+            java_home_t state = { flag_x64, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, REG_KEY_PATHS[i][j], version, runtime_path };
+            reg_enum_subkeys(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, REG_KEY_PATHS[i][j], flag_x64, detect_java_runtime_callback, (ULONG_PTR)&state);
+            version = state.version;
+            runtime_path = state.runtime_path;
+        }
+        if ((version > JAVA_MINIMUM_VERSION) && runtime_path)
+        {
+            return runtime_path;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static const wchar_t *detect_java_runtime(void)
+{
+    const wchar_t *java_runtime;
+#if PREFER_X64
+    if(java_runtime = running_on_64bit() ? detect_java_runtime_loop(TRUE) : NULL)
+    {
+        return java_runtime;
+    }
+#endif
+    if(java_runtime = detect_java_runtime_loop(FALSE))
+    {
+        return java_runtime;
+    }
+#if !PREFER_X64
+    if(java_runtime = running_on_64bit() ? detect_java_runtime_loop(TRUE) : NULL)
+    {
+        return java_runtime;
+    }
+#endif
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 /* ======================================================================== */
 /* Splash screen                                                            */
 /* ======================================================================== */
@@ -370,22 +712,23 @@ static const wchar_t *describe_system_error(const DWORD error_code)
     return error_test;
 }
 
-#define show_message(HWND, FLAGS, TITLE, TEXT) \
+#define show_message(HWND, FLAGS, TITLE, TEXT) MessageBoxW((HWND), (TEXT), (TITLE), (FLAGS))
-{ \
-    MessageBoxW((HWND), (TEXT), (TITLE), (FLAGS)); \
-} \
-while(0)
 
-#define show_message_format(HWND, FLAGS, TITLE, FORMAT, ...) do \
+static int show_message_format(HWND hwnd, const DWORD flags, const wchar_t *const title, const wchar_t *const format, ...)
-{ \
+{
-    const wchar_t *const _text = awprintf((FORMAT), __VA_ARGS__); \
+    int result = -1;
-    if(_text) \
+    va_list ap;
-    { \
+    va_start(ap, format);
-        MessageBoxW((HWND), _text, (TITLE), (FLAGS)); \
+
-    } \
+    const wchar_t *const text = vawprintf(format, ap );
-    free((void*)_text); \
+    if(NOT_EMPTY(text))
-} \
+    {
-while(0)
+        result = MessageBoxW(hwnd, text, title, flags);
+    }
+
+    free((void*)text);
+    return result;
+}
 
 /* ======================================================================== */
 /* Utilities                                                                */
@@ -475,13 +818,6 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PWSTR pCmdLine
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    // Find the Java runtime executable path
-    if(!(java_runtime_path = awprintf(L"%ls\\%ls", executable_directory, JRE_RELATIVE_PATH)))
-    {
-        show_message(hwnd, MB_ICONERROR | MB_TOPMOST, L"System Error", L"The path of the Java runtime could not be determined!");
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
-
     // Does the JAR file exist?
 #if !JAR_FILE_WRAPPED
     if (!file_exists(jarfile_path))
@@ -491,12 +827,32 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PWSTR pCmdLine
     }
 #endif
 
-    // Does the Java runtime executable exist?
+    // Find the Java runtime executable path (possibly from the registry)
-    if(!file_exists(java_runtime_path))
+#if DETECT_REGISTRY
+    if (!(java_runtime_path = detect_java_runtime()))
     {
-        show_message_format(hwnd, MB_ICONERROR | MB_TOPMOST, L"Java not found", L"The required Java runtime could not be found:\n\n%ls\n\n\nRe-installing the application may fix the problem!", java_runtime_path);
+        show_message(hwnd, MB_ICONERROR | MB_TOPMOST, L"JRE not found", L"Java Runtime Environment (JRE) could not be found!");
+        if(show_message_format(hwnd, MB_ICONWARNING | MB_OKCANCEL | MB_TOPMOST, L"JRE not found",
+            L"This application requires the Java Runtime Environment, version 8.0 (1.8.0) or a compatible newer version.\n\n"
+            L"We recommend downloading the OpenJDK runtime here:\n%ls", JRE_DOWNLOAD_LINK) == IDOK)
+        {
+            ShellExecuteW(hwnd, NULL, JRE_DOWNLOAD_LINK, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOW);
+        }
         goto cleanup;
     }
+    show_message(hwnd, MB_ICONERROR | MB_TOPMOST, L"java_runtime_path Error", java_runtime_path);
+#else
+    if (!(java_runtime_path = awprintf(L"%ls\\%ls", executable_directory, JRE_RELATIVE_PATH)))
+    {
+        show_message(hwnd, MB_ICONERROR | MB_TOPMOST, L"System Error", L"The path of the Java runtime could not be determined!");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    if (!file_exists(java_runtime_path))
+    {
+        show_message_format(hwnd, MB_ICONERROR | MB_TOPMOST, L"JRE not found", L"The required Java runtime could not be found:\n\n%ls\n\n\nRe-installing the application may fix the problem!", java_runtime_path);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+#endif
 
     // Build the command-line
     command_line = NOT_EMPTY(pCmdLine) ? awprintf(L"\"%ls\" -jar \"%ls\" %ls", java_runtime_path, jarfile_path, pCmdLine) : awprintf(L"\"%ls\" -jar \"%ls\"", java_runtime_path, jarfile_path);
@@ -505,6 +861,7 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PWSTR pCmdLine
         show_message(hwnd, MB_ICONERROR | MB_TOPMOST, L"System Error", L"The Java command-line could not be generated!");
         goto cleanup;
     }
+    show_message(hwnd, MB_ICONERROR | MB_TOPMOST, L"command_line Error", command_line);
 
     // Process pending window messages
 #if ENABLE_SPLASH
@@ -556,7 +913,7 @@ cleanup:
     close_handle(&process_info.hProcess);
 
     destroy_window(&hwnd);
-    delete_object(splash_image);
+    delete_object(&splash_image);
 
     free((void*)command_line);
     free((void*)java_runtime_path);