

On Windows, Java is usually installed in C:\Program Files\Java or C:\Program Files (x86)\Java depending on whether you have installed 64-bit or 32-bit Java. This is simple as well provided that you know where Java is installed on your system. What if you want to use a different Java version? I placed minecraft.exe in C:\Users\Martin\Downloads which meant that I had to set the integrated Java path to C:\Users\Martin\Downloads\runtime\jre-圆4\1.8.0_25\bin\javaw.exe. The runtime directory is added automatically to the Minecraft root directory which means that you need to add runtime\jre-圆4\1.8.0_25\bin\javaw.exe to its path to set it as the default Java version used by the gameīefore you can edit the preference, check the executable box in front of it. If you want to use the integrated version of Java that ships with Windows versions of Minecraft, then you need to specify the full path to javaw.exe. The Java Settings at the bottom specify which Java version Minecraft uses. Click on edit profile to open the profile editor.

There you find listed profiles and an edit button next to that option. Open Minecraft and wait for the launcher to appear on the screen. In addition to that, Java 8 Update 25 is not the most recent version of Java.īoth issues can be corrected by changing the Java implementation used by the game.Ĭhange the Java version that Minecraft uses Since Minecraft ships with Java 8 included, the version that I got was Java 1.8.0.25, you may run into compatibility issues with certain mods that don't play nice with that version of Java. If you just updated Minecraft for instance, a separately installed Java version may still be used by the game. While that should work out of the box for most Minecraft players, you may run into issues. Once you have downloaded minecraft.exe on your computer and ran it, you will notice that it downloads the Java Runtime Environment and adds it as a folder to the root directory that you ran the file from. You can verify that this is the case right on the download page on the official website where it states under Windows that "you don't need Java installed to run" the Windows versions of Minecraft. Mojang offers standalone versions of Minecraft for Windows that ship with an integrated version of Java that the game uses by default on new installations. Turns out that this is only partially correct anymore.
