Posted September 3, 20214 yr to be honest theres nothing else I can think to include that would help, I was originally trying to install 1.16.5 then I thought the newest version of the 1.17 installer would work better, but it didn't
September 4, 20214 yr Author 12 minutes ago, ImNotJahan said: Make sure you're opening it with java and not 7zip or something like that thats the one thing I should have mentioned, in the "open with" menu java isnt there unless I put it there, and even then it does either nothing happens or java says it cant open the application
September 4, 20214 yr What's the path you're using for java when trying to add java to the "open with" menu Edit: also what is the name of the forge installer you're using Edited September 4, 20214 yr by ImNotJahan
September 4, 20214 yr Author 10 minutes ago, ImNotJahan said: What's the path you're using for java when trying to add java to the "open with" menu Edit: also what is the name of the forge installer you're using C; (kept going to emoji so I put ; instead) > program files (x86) > java, then I picked a few files with the java logo since those made the most sense to me and the name of the installer is forge-1.17.1-37.0.0-installer from the official site Edited September 4, 20214 yr by saitama
September 4, 20214 yr Then choose C:/program files (x86)/java/bin/java (add .exe if you have file extensions enabled)
September 4, 20214 yr Author 2 minutes ago, ImNotJahan said: Then choose C:/program files (x86)/java/bin/java (add .exe if you have file extensions enabled) thats the exact one that comes up with this and this is in the details tab
September 4, 20214 yr Well that's the right java, it just looks like the installer is to large for some reason. This probably is a problem with cache or something so I'd first try restarting your computer if you haven't done that yet
September 4, 20214 yr Author 3 minutes ago, ImNotJahan said: Well that's the right java, it just looks like the installer is to large for some reason. This probably is a problem with cache or something so I'd first try restarting your computer if you haven't done that yet just restarted didnt change
September 4, 20214 yr Author 6 hours ago, diesieben07 said: You cannot use jar files with the "Open with" menu (it also looks like you picked "Open with javaws" instead of "Open with java"). You must double click them. If double clicking the jar file does not work, use Jarfix. Make sure you have Java installed and try running Jarfix once, then try the installer again. dude I love you I finally got to the install menu, if I could hug you right now I would
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