Java 9 downloaded a zip file

I did copy the JRE folder several times and it always works fine. But I am really not sure if you can just get a zip file with its contents, as the official installation install the plugins for IE, Firefox and whatsoever.

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Viewed k times. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. Probably it does other things too as the Java will probably not find its way to the Windows Control Panel by itself. Though I've never tried to find one. In support of this question: I have to install a JRE by hand to avoid my company's tendency to break it with "Fixes" remotely installed. Currently I install it, copy it then uninstall it to hide it from them--seems kind of annoying but the way it is now breaks our entire dev setup with every patch.

When I format my computer, it always burns me because Maven requires it to be set and forces me to fix it. I do not know why it fails to set for me yet works for others since I've had this problem on Windows XP, 7, and 8. I always thought that the installer was supposed to do that for me but just ended up doing it myself out of frustration. Show 6 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Polywhirl Igor Igor 5, 2 2 gold badges 14 14 silver badges 7 7 bronze badges.

If you want to automate it, once you have 7-zip installed you can just use the 7z. So for example: 7z e jdk-7uwindows-x If you want the src. It appears that as of JDK 7u40, the exe file has tools.

I didn't have an. JDK 8u65 — Molten Ice. AlixLourme same is true for jdk-6uwindows-x64, the file is in. Show 18 more comments. Create destination folder where you can RWX e. Marc T Marc T 6 6 silver badges 5 5 bronze badges. It worked for the bit version on Windows 7 on the jdk-8uwindows-x This answer allowed me to unpack JDK 8 — user MarcT running java -version still points to the old jdk.

How can upate java to points to the new jdk? Apparently Oracle changed the packaging with latest JDK8 updates , and this trick does not work anymore :- — Marc T. Show 5 more comments. Maksim Vi. It would be better if it was provider by Oracle. Show 2 more comments. David Richmond David Richmond 4 4 silver badges 4 4 bronze badges. If the above is too much like hard work, you could also try portableapps. I make a small tool to automate the above process: github.

Add a comment. Run and wait for the installer to load. Minimize the window. Stage 3: finally, extract the inner container named core. Wait for the process to finish. Enter the new created folder. Cheran Shunmugavel 8, 1 1 gold badge 30 30 silver badges 39 39 bronze badges. This doesn't seem to work for me I am trying to get 6.

I think my problem was something to do with it being an online installer. I found an older x86 version that was an offline installer and it seems to give me the core. Still can't seem to get it to work on JDK though Jackie you should use full also known as 'offline' version. For me core. Show 4 more comments. The answer has been given before. It works for "jdk-8uwindows-x Actually we need to unpack all packages.

Bennett McElwee Ahmad Ahmad 3 3 silver badges 3 3 bronze badges. Not that it solves anything but you shouldn't ignore exceptions. Always at least print their stack-trace. But i don't have exception in my program, but file file is not completely downloaded. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. FileOutputStream "example. Aaron Esau Aaron Esau 3 3 gold badges 13 13 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges.

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