There are three simple ways to set JAVA_HOME in Windows. This tutorial shows you how to do it manually, from the command line and through the installer.

Yesterday we noted Apple's release of Java Update 1.4.2 Update 1, as well as a reader report that a Java-based site that previously didn't work under OS X worked after installing the update ...

Oracle's newly released Java 7 runtime is relatively painless to install and uninstall.

If you have installed Java in a customized location, enter the path accordingly. You can also add the symbolic link javapath to avoid adjusting the path variable after each Java update.

If Java is not working in VS Code, Edge, Chrome on Windows 11, download the latest version, fix the registry and add environment variables to fix the issue.

If you've seen it, you hate: the dialog box in OS X that tells you need "legacy" Java installed, but you're not using an app that relies on Java. We have ideas on getting rid of it.

Like you, I've installed Windows 10 on both Macs and conventional PCs, and there are very few specific differences between the two, with respect to the install process.

Older Java installers are designed to look for and automatically load a number of specifically named DLL (Dynamic Link Library) files that might exist in the folder they were launched from.