Forge Installer Downloaded Weirdly, and Now I Can't Run The Installer

[TheMelonMan]

i recently got a new computer (christmas 2021) and the first thing i did was get minecraft, and the second thing was downloading forge. ive used mods before, so its not completely alien to me or how this all works. however, when i initiallt when i tried to open the installer file and run it so it puts the installer on my PC, i would have forge and could put it into minecaft and whatever. but where things got tricky is that when i tried to open it i couldnt, it wouldnt let me open it using my file explorer. so i thought the next best thing would to open it using the mincraft launcher, as i didnt have much else of a choice. that didnt work so i tried brave, google chrome, internet exploerer, literally anything else i could and nothing is working. i even deleted the files and restarted and it just re-downloads and opens with whatever application i chose last. ive been fighting this for what feels like forever and i need help please.

[diesieben07]

The installer is a Java application, you need Java installed. If you still cannot run it:

 

Some zip managers like to take control of the .jar file extension away from Java.
Make sure you have Java installed and try running Jarfix once, then try the installer again.

[TheMelonMan]

thank you, i'll try it out and see if everything works.

[TheMelonMan]

i cannot thank you enough, this problem has been plaguing me for months now. java is working again and forge is being ran!