JavaPackager include JRE properly

[mighty spruce]

I'm a bit confused on how to properly set up JavaPackager to include the JRE. I'm testing my application on Windows with a friend who doesn't have any JDKs or JREs installed, but attached is what's happening when they run the program. Here is the corresponding part of my pom.xml:

<configuration>
    <!-- mandatory -->
    <mainClass>lol.ocelot.dragonmanager.DragonManager</mainClass>
    <!-- optional -->
    <bundleJre>true</bundleJre>
    <jrePath>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-21.jdk/Contents/Home</jrePath>
    <generateInstaller>false</generateInstaller>
    <additionalResources>
        <additionalResource>characters/</additionalResource>
        <additionalResource>homebrew/</additionalResource>
    </additionalResources>
    <copyDependencies>true</copyDependencies>
    <administratorRequired>false</administratorRequired>
    <platform>windows</platform>
    <createZipball>true</createZipball>
</configuration>

If I use <jdkPath> instead of <jrePath> it says it's an invalid JDK for windows, but if that's what I'm supposed to be doing, then I'm not sure how to configure a jdk for windows or linux while I'm using MacOS. Any ideas?

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[silent wagon]

I think that if you're bundling your project for Windows, you need to download a Windows JRE

just download it and specify the path, not necessarily install it

[mighty spruce]

so just downloading it as a compressed archive, unzipping it and selecting that folder ?

that seems to work, thanks !

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