find JAVA virtual_javabridge.jutil.JVMNotFoundError: Can't find the Java Virtual Machine

I'm not a Windows user and setting up Python always seems to be riddled with issues... But I finally had some time setting up a Windows 10 instance... Here is what I did: no JAVA_HOME variable defined

Location of java executable:where java C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe Java version installed:java -version java version "1.8.0_171" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_171-b11) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.171-b11, mixed mode) VC++ compiler for Python 2.7 (for compiling javabridge)

value of PATH after installing anaconda:C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Anaconda2;C:\Anaconda2\Scripts;C:\Anaconda2\Library\bin;C:\Users\fracpete\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps; create anaconda environment for pww (numpy needs to be installed through anaconda):conda create -n py27-pww numpy activate environment:activate py27-pww installing pww:pip install python-weka-wrapper testing pww:python import weka.core.jvm as jvm jvm.start() from weka.classifiers import Classifeir cls = Classifier(classname="weka.classifiers.trees.J48") print(cls) jvm.stop()