Error: Could not find or load main class org.jabref.org.jabref.JabRefLauncher

[novak82]

For some time I use bat file to start JabRef but master release from yesterday and today give me the error:

D:>c:\jdk-11.0.4\bin\java.exe -jar JabRef--master--latest.jar
Error: Could not find or load main class org.jabref.org.jabref.JabRefLauncher
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jabref.org.jabref.JabRefLauncher

It worked few days ago, but there is something wrong now.

[Siedlerchr]

Yes, this is known. The jar file can no longer be directly started. This is due to the module system with java 11.
For Windows just use the installer. You should also be able to install that in a separate dir if you want to keep an older JabRef version side by side.

See the discussion also for Linux in #5299

[novak82]

It worked with Java 11 few days ago...

[tobiasdiez]

Support for a portable version (similar to the jar) is coming with #5312. Shouldn't take that long until this PR is finished.

[NRJank]

with issue closed should start from .bat work again? due to apparent security/permissions issues with user folder in 5.1 I had been using shortcut to .bat file as per "Fail to launch JVM" problem solution as only way to start the program. just checked 5.2 dev build and getting both Fail to launch JVM error and error above.

[Siedlerchr]

@NRJank You probably need to modify the bat file again and add the arguments again. Please note that the Launcher class changed (the argument after the "-m"
pushd %DIR% & %JAVA_EXEC% -p "%~dp0/../app" -m org.jabref/org.jabref.gui.JabRefLauncher

[NRJank]

Ok, thanks. Just confirming that with that change I can load 5.2 with the bat file.