Can not run Java from VBox shared folder

[Mike Wilson]

Running Java installed in a VBox shared folder fails with an error. I have tried with Java 5, 6 and 7 and it is the same for all.

To reproduce:

• Create a guest and install Windows XP
• Set up a shared folder as D:
• Download a JRE or JDK and install to D:
• Run the java command

Here is my output when installing on D:

D:\jdk-1.5.0\bin>java -version
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object

Here is the output when installing on C:

C:\jdk-1.5.0\bin>java -version
java version "1.5.0_11"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_11-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_11-b03, mixed mode, sharing)

[aeichner]

Please reopen if still relevant with a recent VirtualBox release.