I already had forge 1291 installed for 1.7.10. It's been a while since I've played and I needed the newest version of Forge.
I'm not too good with computers. I really only know enough to get around. I'm not even sure how I would do about testing it.
As for the firewall/proxy/etc., like I said. I checked most of those things and couldn't find anything. Although I think you're right.
The installer for Forge refuses to work for me, and my topic in the support section didn't help me much. Since the installer won't work, how can I use the Universal to put forge on my 1.7.10 minecraft version? It seems a bit silly to me that Universal is an option, but there isn't a whole lot of support for using it (that I could see).
I'm using Windows 7 and browsing through the control panel has revealed that windows firewall is off. I am using a proxy, but turning that off didn't fix the problem. I don't have anything else that could be the culprit (I don't think).
Is there a way I could install Forge without the installer? I've done a bit of research on using Universal to install it but I couldn't find an up-to-date guide and it appears to be difficult.
So I try running the installer with Java, but it won't even start. It just creates a text file called "forge-1.7.10-10.13.4.1566-1.7.10-installer.jar"
Here's what it says:
I've already tried googling the issue and several links haven't helped any.