Asking for Java path every time when launching SQLDeveloper

Question

Whenever I'm launching SQLDeveloper, I get prompted to enter Java path. Please see my sqldeveloper.conf:

IncludeConfFile ../../ide/bin/ide.conf

SetJavaHome C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_45\bin

AddVMOption  -Doracle.ide.util.AddinPolicyUtils.OVERRIDE_FLAG=true

AddVMOption -Dsun.java2d.ddoffscreen=false

AddVMOption -Dwindows.shell.font.languages=

AddVMOption  -XX:MaxPermSize=128M

AddVMOption -Doracle.jdbc.mapDateToTimestamp=false  
IncludeConfFile  sqldeveloper-nondebug.conf

AddVMOption -Dide.noextensions=oracle.ide.webupdate

Am I missing anything here? Or additional configuration files, which needs to be change?

Answer 1

Beginning from version 4.0, sqldeveloper does not look into the sqldeveloper.conf file anymore.

Instead, it will look at the product.conf in your user directory. The path should be something like C:\Users\jweawer\AppData\Roaming\sqldeveloper\version\product.conf.

Once you set JAVA_HOME in this file, you should no longer be prompted for this.

See more details here http://www.thatjeffsmith.com/archive/2013/12/oracle-sql-developer-4-windows-and-the-jdk/.