FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
JRE 9 64bit GA(jre-9_windows-x64_bin.exe)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Service Pack 1

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
[Description]
Display Splash screen for swing application either using manifest.mf/SplashScreen-Image: option or command-line "java -splash:image.gif" -jar xxx.jar" shows java.dll missing error popup continuously. But after clicking OK button on each error popup, application launches and works as expected.

[Additional Observation]
1.Same issue observed in Win8, Win8.1 but Win 10 doesn't show this issue.
2.If we double+click to launch xxx.jar, it displays splash screen and launches without error
3.Issue not observed in Java8 and Java7.
  


REGRESSION. Last worked in version 8u144

ADDITIONAL REGRESSION INFORMATION:
java version "9"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9+181)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9+181, mixed mode)

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. Install JRE 9 64-bit GA.
2. Prepare application jar file with manifest.mf includes SplashScreen-Image:
3. launch application using java -jar xxx.jar

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Launch application without any error popup.
ACTUAL -
Displays many (6-7) java.dll missing error popup and after clicking Ok launches the application

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
java.exe - System error
The program can't start because java.dll missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
JDialogEx.java:

package jdialogex;

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.*;

/**
 *
 * @author blokesh
 */
public class JDialogEx {
    private static String osVersion;
    private static String javaVersion;
    private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(JDialogEx.class.getName());

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            osVersion = System.getProperty("os.name");
        } catch (Exception ignored) {
        }
        try {
            javaVersion = System.getProperty("java.vendor") + " / " + System.getProperty("java.version");
        } catch (Exception ignored) {
        }

        
        System.out.println("[STARTUP] OS Version : " + osVersion);
        System.out.println("[STARTUP] Java Version : " + javaVersion);
       JFrame f = new JFrame();
        final JPanel panel1 = new JPanel();
        final JDialog dialog = new JDialog(f, "Information", true);
        JLabel lbl = new JLabel("Menu is created. Please continue...");
        panel1.add(lbl);
        JButton btn = new JButton("Ok");
        btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                dialog.setVisible(false);
                dialog.dispose();
            }
        });
        panel1.add(btn);
        panel1.setAlignmentY(Float.MAX_VALUE);
        dialog.add(panel1);
        dialog.setBounds(100, 500, 500, 100);
        Timer timer = new Timer(1000, new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                dialog.setVisible(false);
                dialog.dispose();
            }
        });
        timer.setRepeats(false);
        timer.start();

        dialog.setVisible(true); // if modal, application will pause here
 final JPanel panel = new JPanel();

    }
    
}

MANIFEST.MF:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Ant-Version: Apache Ant 1.9.2
Created-By: 1.8.0_131-b11 (Oracle Corporation)
Class-Path:
X-COMMENT: Main-Class will be added automatically by build
SplashScreen-Image: butterfly.gif
Main-Class: jdialogex.JDialogEx


---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
1. If I update %PATH% environment varible with JRE/bin issue resolves.
2. Instead launching from java -jar xxx.jar. Launch using double+click will not show this error. But client logs won't be available.