complier compliance level

[potent timber]

In Eclipse, the default compliance level is 17 but I want to put it to the highest level of 19. However, when I go to configure JREs > standard VM > directory, java doesn't it show up and is instead documents. What do I do here?

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[foggy cedar]

it says that default is 17, but for a new project will be used 19

so you are fine

[potent timber]

it'll still show up as jre tho

isn't it supposed to be jre 19.0.1 or something

[foggy cedar]

it's inactive

because you chose 19 manually

[potent timber]

if I switch back to 17, it's still like that

[foggy cedar]

that's right. You choose what you want. You chose to select on your owm, and in optionbox you selected 19 (or 17, up to you)

everything is fine. select 19 and create project

[potent timber]

idk in this tutorial I'm watching, the guy had 13.0.1 (this was in 2020)

[foggy cedar]

code written in 13 will be working in 19

[potent timber]

I'm so paranoid because when I forgot to uncheck the info module thing, I couldn't run my code. I'm getting really annoyed with these seemingly small problems tbh

[foggy cedar]

just strictly follow guide and that's it

[potent timber]

so even though the circled part is just jre, it's fine?

[foggy cedar]

it's not active, it doesn't matter what is selected in there

the checkbox is "use the execution environment JRE" and you chose 19. That's it.

[potent timber]

so I can just select 19 from here, and it'll be fine? If so, is there anything else I should do here to prevent any future problems?

[foggy cedar]

yes

there is really nothing to to do anymore except to select the location for your project

[potent timber]

wdym

do I click default location

[foggy cedar]

just click Browse and select the place where you want your project to be stored

or click on "use default location"

and you will be fine

[potent timber]

okay one more thing, it won't matter at all if I choose between Java-SE 17 or 19?

sorry if all these questions are bothering you

[foggy cedar]

if you are going to follow the guide that uses 13, so it doesn't matter absolutely

[foggy cedar]

np

[potent timber]

sorry another problem, I apparently don't have any system library here, so I can't even print something out

the top one is from the guy in the video

[red marsh]

what JRE did you pick for your project

[potent timber]

you know what I'm just going to completely delete Eclipse

[red marsh]

lmao fr use Intellij

[potent timber]

do you know how I can delete it without it retaining any memory

[red marsh]

retaining any memory? can't you just uninstall it normally?

[potent timber]

because I'm so tired of how needlessly complicated it is to properly download it. I spent two hours on this shit and I couldn't even print one string

[potent timber]

no it still remembers some things when I do it. The regular "create a new java project" sign doesn't show up

[red marsh]

you always have to save your files when you edit them in Eclipse

that's one downside

might confuse you at times

[potent timber]

screw it should I just find another tutorial for a different java program

[red marsh]

what are you having trouble with exactly

you should show the project screen'

and then the project

file > new > java project

[potent timber]

no the main from before gets added

and it's prob too late because I also tried deleting some things to see if it can work it out

[red marsh]

wdym

[red marsh]

this doesn't work? how?

[potent timber]

at this point I just want to get rid of Eclipse without it retaining anything I put out the last two hours

I'm in too deep now

[red marsh]

you mean remove it completely?

[potent timber]

yes

[red marsh]

that shouldn't be an issue

[potent timber]

restart COMPLETELY

[red marsh]

uninstall and reinstall

[potent timber]

apparently it is for me because I tried already but it retained some memory of things I did before, like putting a main class for my code

[red marsh]

a main class?

like it was already there when you first started the Eclipse?

[potent timber]

no it was just java 1

great now I can't even redownload it

[red marsh]

why don't you just use the installer instead of the runtime image

[potent timber]

wait nvm I was able to download it, but look, it still remembers what I put before

how do I remove all possible memory from eclipse?

[red marsh]

how are you uninstall Eclipse

firstly

[potent timber]

I just right click the eclipse shortcut and press the trash can

[red marsh]

bruh (edit: I guess this was the best way)

okay press the search bar

for windows

and search for add or remove programs

if you can't find it find the Eclipse installer and uninstall that way

[potent timber]

find the eclipse installer where?

in downloads?

[red marsh]

how did you install Eclipse

[potent timber]

from the website

[red marsh]

didn't you download the installer?

[potent timber]

I downloaded it from here

[red marsh]

never got a screen like this?

[potent timber]

nope

[potent timber]

I got something like this

[red marsh]

wth why is it a pain to uninstall Eclipse lol

I swear I remember it being easier

What I did that seemed to work was Help > About Eclipse IDE > Installation Details select everything and press unistall

then delete the directory for folder under the eclipse folder where you stored your installation

then reinstall

https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/installer

btw

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50854359/how-to-uninstall-eclipse

[potent timber]

Since this post is temporary, can you actually dm me this stuff?

Sorry for the inconvenience

[red marsh]

wdym its temporary. you can always create a new one if it gets shutdown for some reason

some of these posts are tens of hours old

[potent timber]

Really? Heard something like a 300 minute limit

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[potent timber]

for some reason when I try to put extract all here for eclipse, a download pops up, but I can't find eclipse

do you know where I should go?

[red marsh]

search bar for windows > add or remove programs > uninstall Eclipse

[potent timber]

it doesn't show up

[potent timber]

even after I did this step, the file still shows up here

[potent timber]

can you clarify here

[red marsh]

download the installer

it will make things easier to manage

you can delete all you eclipse files if you are uninstalling. That's what the StackOverflow Post suggested

[potent timber]

yea how do I do that

I wanna delete everything before I uninstall

[red marsh]

just search for Eclipse in File Explorer

[potent timber]

yea I have a feeling it's not supposed to look like this

[red marsh]

if you installed it like the way you did that's what happens

it would be only one folder if you used the installer...

[potent timber]

so what I do now? If I choose to extract all in the eclipse, nothing happens as far as I can tell

[red marsh]

what are you even trying to do

[potent timber]

even when I deleted everything the download files still show up. How do I remove every possible memory of eclipse

[red marsh]

then move the zip to the trash bin

[potent timber]

I want to make it so that when I download eclipse again, it'll be completely brand new

[red marsh]

what files are you worried about

it will

If you use the installer

[red marsh]

delete them??

[potent timber]

I don't know how to get rid of those

[red marsh]

lmao move them to the trash been

or select them and press delete

[potent timber]

no option shows up for that

[red marsh]

when you click one

and then right click it you don't see delete anywhere or the trash bin icon?

[red marsh]

can you move it to the desktop?

[potent timber]

how do I do that

[red marsh]

drag it to your desktop

[potent timber]

it says "copy" to desktop

is that fine

[red marsh]

click on open file location actually

then you can delete the zip file

[potent timber]

I only see "open" and "open in new window"

[red marsh]

it literally says open folder location

[potent timber]

after I tried moving them to desktop, the option doesn't show up anymore

oh I meant to send just one image mb

[red marsh]

click show more options

and then you can

[potent timber]

nope doesn't show up

[red marsh]

because you have both selected..

pick one you want to find the location of

you can't choose both to find

[potent timber]

ok it sent me here, but only 2 of the eclipses are zip files

what do I do with the other one

[red marsh]

just delete them all. isn't that what you were intending to do?

[potent timber]

oh I feel like they're still going to be remembered :/

[red marsh]

that's not possible if you install it the way I suggested.

[potent timber]

no even if I did I still have the download from the other strategy I did from the guy's video (it was fairly similar to urs tho)

[red marsh]

if you have anything downloaded that you don't want to then delete it. you keep saying these files exist like they are impossible to get rid of when there is literally a trash bin icon on the screenshot you just sent

none of this should be an issue.

delete the files regardless of zip or unzipped. download the installer and install your desired version and but done with it

[potent timber]

I heard that you have to empty trash can or something

[red marsh]

yes right click the bin and empty it

still shouldn't matter

[potent timber]

wtf what did I do wrong

how does it still remember that

[red marsh]

omg it's because you never deleted your work-space folder lmao

it's not that big of a deal you an delete the projects in there and you're good

[potent timber]

can you give directions for that because eclipse is confusing?

and I'm saying that lightly

[red marsh]

delete the projects in this folder

C:\Users\{username}\eclipse-workspace

[potent timber]

do I search this up in downloads?

[red marsh]

I gave you the absolute path to the folder

what more do you want?

[potent timber]

I legit have no idea where to go from here

[red marsh]

go here in file explorer

[potent timber]

when I search for it, it doesn't show up

[red marsh]

literally copy and paste this into the address bar in file explorer

[potent timber]

did that didn't work

[red marsh]

type this

your username

[potent timber]

okay it showed me 4 files. I delete all of them?

[red marsh]

yes delete them

and all your worries will be gone 🙂

[potent timber]

I really hope so 🙏

tysm this was stressful af

prob going to be more stressful than the coding itself

[red marsh]

lol yeah file explorer if you don't know how it works can be a bit of a pain

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