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Steps to reproduce: install netbeans with java 1.8 (build 131 o similar) uninstall java 1.8 install java 9 attempt to uninstall netbeans and error message shows since Java 9 doesn't has a JRE folder inside the JDK and if you change your javahome to jre path it doesn't recognize it as JRE.