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{{Note | This article applies to when the iReport application does not start i.e. the iReport splash screen is shown but the application does not start. }} 
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'' How the splash looks like when iReport does not start  ''
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The iReport splash screen is shown when the iReport is started from the ''TrayLauncher'' and from ''C:\IMSMAng\iReport\bin'' but the application does not start. 
One known reason for this is that a new version of Java than 1.7 is installed on the computer.

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# Edit the file ''C:\IMSMAng\iReport\etc\ireport.conf''.
# Edit row 12 to
 jdkhome="C:\IMSMAng\java"
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<li>Note that there should not be any '''#''' at the beginning of row 12.</li>
<li>Save the file.</li>
<li>Test to start again.</li>
<li>If it does not work then you have to edit the environmental variable PATH.</li>
<li>Delete all references to Java 1.8.</li>
<li>Test to start again.</li>
<li>If it does not work now then you have to edit the environmental variable JAVA_HOME.</li>
<li>Set JAVA_HOME to C:\IMSMAng\java.</li>
<li>Test to start again.</li>
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More details may be found here https://community.jaspersoft.com/ireport-designer/issues/3593


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