I am having the exact same issue, but no solution.

Please could you kindly remove this as a solution - somehow you have marked it as the solution. thanks!

For some reason this is marked as the correct answer, but unfortunately it is not.

Thanks for the reply, tried that, same result.

Hi, its the latest aem (6.5) and java 11. I installed java 11 just for this (previously I had java

Adobe sent me the AEM 6.5 quickstart jar and a key. As per these instructions: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/experience-manager-learn/foundation/development/set-up-a-local-aem-development-environment.html?lang=en#steps i created the author and publish dirs, copied in the quickstart jar and...

After a month of searching, I managed to get the quickstart.jar and a licence key from Adobe. But the docs say you need a license.properites file.  I tried "creating" this file buy putting the supplied key in it, but this didnt work.  What is the process to get a license file?  Is this step document...

as a developer, getting a license from adobe so you can learn their SW is incredibly difficult.  It took me 1 month, and I work for an adobe AEM partner.

  This page: https://learning.adobe.com/products-resources/learning-subscription.html  has two different subscripts, on demand and all access.  What is the difference, and how do I know which to take? all access has "Public Training".  What is public training?  How do I know if a course comes under ...

did you ever solve this? Is there any way for developers to get a local test/trial license?  My company wants be to evaluate the product against EPiServer, which was easy as it runs find without a license (just gives you a water mark).