diff --git a/crates/ide-build/src/process.rs b/crates/ide-build/src/process.rs
index fcec4b454..d0335def8 100644
--- a/crates/ide-build/src/process.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-build/src/process.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@ fn kill_tree(child: &mut Child) {
     let _ = child.wait();
 }
 
+/// `program` as spawnable: a bare name (`mvn`, `mvn.cmd`) resolves on the IDE's
+/// search path — the login shell's `PATH` plus version-manager shims — since the
+/// app's own `PATH` can be minimal and `Command` would not see `mvn` there.
+fn program_path(program: &str, env: &BTreeMap<String, String>) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+    let path = std::path::Path::new(program);
+    if !path.is_relative() || path.components().count() > 1 {
+        return path.to_path_buf();
+    }
+    let search = env
+        .iter()
+        .find(|(k, _)| k.eq_ignore_ascii_case("PATH"))
+        .map(|(_, v)| std::ffi::OsString::from(v))
+        .unwrap_or_else(ide_core::tool_path::search_path);
+    ide_core::process::find_executable(program, &search).unwrap_or_else(|| path.to_path_buf())
+}
+
 /// Runs `program args` in `cwd`, feeding each output line to `on_line`; kills
 /// the process group and returns `cancelled` when `cancel` fires.
 pub(crate) fn run(
@@ -48,7 +64,8 @@ pub(crate) fn run(
     // Output is read as UTF-8: JVMs on Windows are told to write it (see `ide_core::output_encoding`).
     let encoding =
         ide_core::output_encoding::fix(program, args, env, |k| std::env::var(k).ok(), "UTF-8", cfg!(windows));
-    let mut command = Command::new(program);
+    let program = program_path(program, env);
+    let mut command = Command::new(&program);
     command.args(args).current_dir(cwd).envs(env).envs(encoding.env).stdin(Stdio::null());
     command.stdout(Stdio::piped()).stderr(Stdio::piped());
     #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -57,7 +74,8 @@ pub(crate) fn run(
         command.process_group(0);
     }
     ide_core::process::prepare(&mut command);
-    let mut child = command.spawn().map_err(|e| IdeError::unavailable(format!("cannot start {program}: {e}")))?;
+    let mut child =
+        command.spawn().map_err(|e| IdeError::unavailable(format!("cannot start {}: {e}", program.display())))?;
     let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::<(Stream, String)>();
     let pump = |stream: Box<dyn Read + Send>, kind: Stream, tx: mpsc::Sender<(Stream, String)>| {
         std::thread::spawn(move || {
diff --git a/crates/ide-run/src/process.rs b/crates/ide-run/src/process.rs
index 97c97c3b9..6fbf8b58c 100644
--- a/crates/ide-run/src/process.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-run/src/process.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ pub(crate) fn invocation(config: &RunConfig, cwd: &Path) -> Invocation {
     if config.args.is_empty() && looks_like_shell && !cwd.join(command).is_file() {
         return shell_invocation(command, windows, std::env::var("COMSPEC").ok());
     }
-    let program = resolve_program(command, cwd, &config.env, windows);
+    let program = resolve_program(command, cwd, config, windows);
     let mut display = quote(command);
     for a in &config.args {
         display.push(' ');
@@ -239,22 +239,18 @@ fn shell_invocation(command: &str, windows: bool, comspec: Option<String>) -> In
 }
 
 /// The program to spawn: relative paths like `./gradlew` or `.venv/bin/python`
-/// against the run directory; on Windows a bare name through `PATH` × `PATHEXT`
-/// (`kotlinc` → `kotlinc.bat`), which `Command` would only try as `.exe`.
-fn resolve_program(command: &str, cwd: &Path, env: &BTreeMap<String, String>, windows: bool) -> PathBuf {
+/// against the run directory; a bare name through the configuration's search path
+/// (on Windows also `PATHEXT`: `kotlinc` → `kotlinc.bat`), so launchers installed
+/// outside the app's own `PATH` (`mvn` in a version manager's shims) still start.
+fn resolve_program(command: &str, cwd: &Path, config: &RunConfig, windows: bool) -> PathBuf {
     let path = Path::new(command);
     if path.is_relative() && path.components().count() > 1 {
         return cwd.join(path);
     }
-    if windows && path.components().count() == 1 && path.is_relative() {
-        let search = env
-            .iter()
-            .find(|(k, _)| k.eq_ignore_ascii_case("PATH"))
-            .map(|(_, v)| std::ffi::OsString::from(v))
-            .or_else(|| std::env::var_os("PATH"))
-            .unwrap_or_default();
+    if path.components().count() == 1 && path.is_relative() {
+        let search = crate::wrap::search_path(config);
         let pathext = std::env::var("PATHEXT").ok();
-        if let Some(found) = crate::which::find_executable_in(command, &search, true, pathext.as_deref()) {
+        if let Some(found) = crate::which::find_executable_in(command, &search, windows, pathext.as_deref()) {
             return found;
         }
     }
@@ -1032,14 +1028,28 @@ mod tests {
         let cwd = dir.path();
         let path = std::env::join_paths([&bin]).unwrap().to_string_lossy().into_owned();
         // Windows environment keys are case-insensitive (`Path`).
-        let env = BTreeMap::from([("Path".to_owned(), path)]);
-        assert_eq!(resolve_program("kotlinc", cwd, &env, true), bin.join("kotlinc.bat"));
+        let config = |env: BTreeMap<String, String>| RunConfig {
+            id: "c".into(),
+            name: "c".into(),
+            kind: "maven".into(),
+            command: String::new(),
+            args: Vec::new(),
+            cwd: None,
+            env,
+            detected: false,
+            is_test: false,
+            debug_adapter: None,
+            allow_parallel: false,
+            extras: Default::default(),
+        };
+        let config = config(BTreeMap::from([("Path".to_owned(), path)]));
+        assert_eq!(resolve_program("kotlinc", cwd, &config, true), bin.join("kotlinc.bat"));
         // Not found: left to the OS (`command not found` at spawn).
-        assert_eq!(resolve_program("nope", cwd, &env, true), PathBuf::from("nope"));
-        // Unix: bare names are left to `execvp`.
-        assert_eq!(resolve_program("kotlinc", cwd, &env, false), PathBuf::from("kotlinc"));
+        assert_eq!(resolve_program("nope", cwd, &config, true), PathBuf::from("nope"));
+        // Unix: extensionless names only (`kotlinc.bat` does not match `kotlinc`).
+        assert_eq!(resolve_program("kotlinc", cwd, &config, false), PathBuf::from("kotlinc"));
         // Relative paths resolve against the run directory on every platform.
-        assert_eq!(resolve_program("./gradlew", cwd, &env, true), cwd.join("./gradlew"));
-        assert_eq!(resolve_program(".venv/bin/python", cwd, &env, false), cwd.join(".venv/bin/python"));
+        assert_eq!(resolve_program("./gradlew", cwd, &config, true), cwd.join("./gradlew"));
+        assert_eq!(resolve_program(".venv/bin/python", cwd, &config, false), cwd.join(".venv/bin/python"));
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ide-run/src/wrap.rs b/crates/ide-run/src/wrap.rs
index f3b73ea77..59dab74a5 100644
--- a/crates/ide-run/src/wrap.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-run/src/wrap.rs
@@ -33,15 +33,16 @@ pub fn is_python(command: &str) -> bool {
     n == "py" || n.strip_prefix("python").is_some_and(|v| v.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_digit() || c == '.'))
 }
 
-/// The search path the configuration runs with (its `PATH` override, else the IDE's).
+/// The search path the configuration runs with (its `PATH` override, else the IDE's:
+/// the login shell's and the version managers', so `mvn` / `gradle` installed by mise,
+/// asdf or Homebrew resolve when the app's own `PATH` is minimal).
 pub fn search_path(config: &RunConfig) -> OsString {
     config
         .env
         .iter()
         .find(|(k, _)| k.eq_ignore_ascii_case("PATH"))
         .map(|(_, v)| OsString::from(v))
-        .or_else(|| std::env::var_os("PATH"))
-        .unwrap_or_default()
+        .unwrap_or_else(ide_core::tool_path::search_path)
 }
 
 /// `node_modules/.bin/<name>` in `dir` or an ancestor up to (and including) `root`.