Java don't Open

[halcyon oasis]

Help me

[raven marlin]

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[raven marlin]

https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/

[high helm]

In my experience, the installers from there are more reliable (and don't have questionable licensing)

Alternatively try opening the installer from the command-line and check the output

[halcyon oasis]

Which one should I download?

[high helm]

What do you want to do with it?

[halcyon oasis]

No, the java file does not open as shown in the video.

[high helm]

the thing you wanted to open is an installer from Oracle's website, right?

[halcyon oasis]

Yes, I want to download JavaSetup8u421 but it does not open

[halcyon oasis]

ye

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[high helm]

So you specifically want to install Java 8?

[halcyon oasis]

No, I downloaded it from Java's own website but it wasn't opening.

[high helm]

Do you want to develop Java applications or do you only want to run them?

[halcyon oasis]

https://www.java.com/download/ie_manual.jsp

[high helm]

yeah I know these binaries sometimes cause some issues

[halcyon oasis]

I want to run this because minecraft won't open

[high helm]

So you only need it for running Minecraft?

Which Minecraft version are you using?

[halcyon oasis]

yes

[halcyon oasis]

1.20.4 and 1.20.2

I watched all the videos on youtube but it didn't work

[high helm]

ok so I think that uses Java 17

these options should work for you: https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/?os=windows&arch=x64&package=jre&version=17

then you don't need the one from java.com

if you really want to use the one on java.com, try running it from the terminal

[halcyon oasis]

I tried it from the terminal and it didn't work, so I experienced what you posted.

I downloaded the zip version

[high helm]

oh the msi is the easiest to install I think, I forgot to mention that

[halcyon oasis]

then let me download it

[high helm]

What happened?

[halcyon oasis]

Are these reliable?

[high helm]

which ones?

The one from Adoptium? yes

[halcyon oasis]

Which one should I choose?

[high helm]

if you have admin permissions, I'd probably install it for all users - that way it would still work if you use another user

[halcyon oasis]

I have administrator permission

ok I select it for all users

[high helm]

yeah

btw there will be a selection asking you what to install

[halcyon oasis]

ok i downloaded it

[halcyon oasis]

Oh

[high helm]

if you didn't go past that option already, send me a screenshot to check here

otherwise it's fine

[halcyon oasis]

I passed immediately

Nothing will happen, right?

[high helm]

it's fine

I would have checked about you selecting some things that might help for things to work automatically

[halcyon oasis]

what should i do now

[high helm]

Did you install it?

[halcyon oasis]

yeah

Should I try to open minecraft?

[high helm]

yeah

[halcyon oasis]

okay

[high helm]

maybe you need to tell Minecraft where Java is installed

but just try it

[halcyon oasis]

it didn't work

[high helm]

What happens?

[halcyon oasis]

same error

[high helm]

What's the error?

[high helm]

I think you should be able to select installations > select your isntallation > 3 dots > edit

then more options

and then configure where to get Java from

[halcyon oasis]

I don't have a java

[high helm]

click on the browse button

[halcyon oasis]

I want to download JavaSetup8u421

but it is not opening

[halcyon oasis]

okay

[high helm]

you don't need to - you did everything necessary in terms of installation

[high helm]

that should open the explorer allowing you to select a file

There you need to find where you installed Java

I think if you go to C:\Program Files, there should be a directory named Eclipse Adoptium

[halcyon oasis]

I deleted the java when we just downloaded it.

[high helm]

Does that exist?

[high helm]

What did you delete?

[halcyon oasis]

Okay wait

[halcyon oasis]

java

I found

[high helm]

go there

[halcyon oasis]

yes

[high helm]

there should be a bin directory with a java.exe file

that's the file you need to select

[halcyon oasis]

Okay I selected

[high helm]

in the explorer opened by clicking the "Browse" button

[high helm]

when selecting it there, that field should be filled correctly

looks about right

[halcyon oasis]

save?

[high helm]

Can you translate the text of the checkbox?

that thing starting with "Java sürüm"

I don't speak turkish or whatever language that is xd

[halcyon oasis]

xd okay

wait

this?

[high helm]

yes

What does that mean?

[halcyon oasis]

Java version under control

[high helm]

I am not sure what that's supposed to mean so just click on save

[halcyon oasis]

Okay

I save

I started game

[high helm]

I think selecting it would show you additional details or something like that

[high helm]

Does that mean it works?

[halcyon oasis]

cmd closed and opened and the game crashed

[high helm]

Did it show anything

[high helm]

it seems liek that's skipping some check - so don't select it

[halcyon oasis]

No

[halcyon oasis]

I didn't choose anyway

[high helm]

where exactly did it crash?

id the window show anything?

[halcyon oasis]

no

a black cmd opened and closed

[high helm]

oh ok

that's something else

[halcyon oasis]

I think this will be fixed after downloading Java 8.

what can i do please help

[high helm]

I think you have some other issues

There is a program named "cmd" on your computer.

[halcyon oasis]

My user had changed, then I fixed it back, then when I wanted to play Minecraft, this happened.

[high helm]

If you open it, it should show you a command line

What happens when entering java -version in that command-line?

[high helm]

ok so Java works

[high helm]

Your Minecraft version requires Java 17 (or later), not Java 8

[halcyon oasis]

Okay

[high helm]

you have this "JVM arguments" thing here

copy the whole text of it somewhere else (e.g. here) so you have it available later

and then remove it

[halcyon oasis]

this?

[high helm]

no

that thing

[halcyon oasis]

oh okay

[high helm]

these are options given to Java

[halcyon oasis]

-Xmx4G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M

[high helm]

if these options are wrong, it can cause it to crash in the way it does for you

[halcyon oasis]

oka

y

[high helm]

alternatively you could go to your .minecraft folder (do you know how to get there?), open the logs folder in there (I think it should be named like that) and open the file latest.log - That file might have information on why it crashed

logs are recordings of what happened in the application

[halcyon oasis]

Can I send you that file via DM?

[high helm]

yes

you can also censor sensitive parts if necessary

[steel pelican]

mightve crashed cuz of low memory

2gb

[high helm]

it also crashes without mods - and it crashes directly upon starting

From what they sent me in DMs, it seems like an issue with the .minecraft directory

[steel pelican]

maybe just gotta reinstall minecraft

or java isnt added to path or something