How to fix Java error “Could not find tools.jar. Please check that C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8 contains a valid JDK installation.”?

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Complete details/ steps:

Error Window:

PS C:\Work\GooglePaLMAPI\google-cloud-ai-generativelanguage-v1beta3-java> ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
> Task :proto-google-cloud-ai-generativelanguage-v1beta3-java:compileJava FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':proto-google-cloud-ai-generativelanguage-v1beta3-java:compileJava'.
> Could not find tools.jar. Please check that C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8 contains a valid JDK installation.

* Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.

* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 1s
1 actionable task: 1 executed
PS C:\Work\GooglePaLMAPI\google-cloud-ai-generativelanguage-v1beta3-java> set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-13.0.2
PS C:\Work\GooglePaLMAPI\google-cloud-ai-generativelanguage-v1beta3-java> echo %JAVA_HOME%                              
%JAVA_HOME%
PS C:\Work\GooglePaLMAPI\google-cloud-ai-generativelanguage-v1beta3-java>

Solution:

C:\Work\GooglePaLMAPI\google-cloud-ai-generativelanguage-v1beta3-java>set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-13.0.2

C:\Work\GooglePaLMAPI\google-cloud-ai-generativelanguage-v1beta3-java>echo %JAVA_HOME%
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-13.0.2

C:\Work\GooglePaLMAPI\google-cloud-ai-generativelanguage-v1beta3-java>./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
'.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Work\GooglePaLMAPI\google-cloud-ai-generativelanguage-v1beta3-java>gradlew publishToMavenLocal

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 9s
17 actionable tasks: 10 executed, 7 up-to-date
C:\Work\GooglePaLMAPI\google-cloud-ai-generativelanguage-v1beta3-java>

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