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Problem installing Java on Windows XP

Hi.
I want to install java on my Windows XP SP3 box, not to allow it to run in a browser, but rather to run simple programs in a dos box -- my son is learning the language, and now so am I. I am familiar with several other programming languages.

I'm finding it very difficult to find out which version of java I can install, where to get it, and how to get it running in a DOS box, despite lots of Googling. So here I am.

Shaun Vermaak

Here's the download page
https://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
and a notice regarding Windows XP
https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/winxp.xml

StevenMiles

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When I go to those links, I am directed to download jre-8u161-windows-i586.exe, which apparently will not run on my system: when I try to launch it, I get the "Open File -- Security Notice" notice that it's from Oracle and do I trust it, but when I click Run, nothing at all happens.

Elsewhere on Oracle's site, I read that version 6 or 7 might be better, but I can't find them to download them.

Shaun Vermaak

You will not get it on Java's website. The errors you get installing 8 is exactly the experience they explain in https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/winxp.xml

You can probably get it is some 3rd party download but I cannot post a link to it because I cannot guarantee that it will be a safe download.

Any reason why you are not running a newer Windows or alternative free OS?

July 2015: Updates for Java 7 are no longer available to the public. Oracle offers updates to Java 7 only for customers who have purchased Java support or have Oracle products that require Java 7.

https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/java_7.xml

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John

I have Java 6 running on my XP machine. That works. I am not sure if Java 7 will run. Java 7 came out in 2011 and by then we were using Windows 7.

See if you can get Java 6 from the above link.

CEHJ

Do yourself a favour - scrub that defunct OS (or at least dual boot it) and install Linux (say Mint maybe) on it. It will run faster, have virtually zero security issues and you will be able to run the latest Java VM without any problems.

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Andrew Leniart