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

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
Standard Java JDK installation with C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath being added to the beginning of the PATH.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The splash option "-splash:image.gif" does not work when running C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe (the installed path location)

java.exe -splash:images\splash.gif - fails

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe -splash:images\splash.gif misc.SplashDemo - fails but...
"c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-9\bin\java.exe" -splash:images\splash.gif misc.SplashDemo - works

The jar version fails as well.

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 8u144

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Install Java 9 as the first and only java on a Windows 10 machine
Compile the splash demo as described: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/splashscreen.html
Run it with no changes to the system path
(i.E. runs java found in C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath)
The splash screen does not appear




EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
The splash screen should appear
ACTUAL -
The splash screen does not appear

ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
No error messages

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
See SplashDemo.java from https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/splashscreen.html
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Run "c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-9\bin\java.exe" -splash:images\splash.gif misc.SplashDemo
or add "c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-9\bin" to the system path before "C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath"

On the jar side. Double-clicking the jar will also work, but java -jar does not (when it uses the java from C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath