Trouble creating Minecraft modded server 1.16.5.

[Gooseberry]

Hello, I'm having trouble creating a modded server for me and my friends. It doesn't create the mods folder or the config folder and it doesn't show 1.16.5.json like in the videos that I watched. here's the report thingy in the cmd.exe 

C:\Users\Desktop\Server>java -Xmx4096M -Xms4096M -jar forgeserver.jar nogui
2022-07-01 03:40:31,881 main WARN Advanced terminal features are not available in this environment
[03:40:31] [main/INFO] [cp.mo.mo.Launcher/MODLAUNCHER]: ModLauncher running: args [--gameDir, ., --launchTarget, fmlserver, --fml.forgeVersion, 36.2.34, --fml.mcpVersion, 20210115.111550, --fml.mcVersion, 1.16.5, --fml.forgeGroup, net.minecraftforge, nogui]
[03:40:31] [main/INFO] [cp.mo.mo.Launcher/MODLAUNCHER]: ModLauncher 8.1.3+8.1.3+main-8.1.x.c94d18ec starting: java version 18.0.1.1 by Oracle Corporation
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalAccessError: class cpw.mods.modlauncher.SecureJarHandler (in unnamed module @0x7fc2413d) cannot access class sun.security.util.ManifestEntryVerifier (in module java.base) because module java.base does not export sun.security.util to unnamed module @0x7fc2413d
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.SecureJarHandler.lambda$static$1(SecureJarHandler.java:45)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.api.LamdbaExceptionUtils.uncheck(LamdbaExceptionUtils.java:95)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.SecureJarHandler.<clinit>(SecureJarHandler.java:45)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.lambda$new$6(Launcher.java:55)
        at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap.computeIfAbsent(ConcurrentHashMap.java:1708)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.api.TypesafeMap.computeIfAbsent(TypesafeMap.java:52)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.api.TypesafeMap.computeIfAbsent(TypesafeMap.java:47)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Environment.computePropertyIfAbsent(Environment.java:62)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.<init>(Launcher.java:55)
        at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:66)
        at net.minecraftforge.server.ServerMain$Runner.runLauncher(ServerMain.java:63)
        at net.minecraftforge.server.ServerMain$Runner.access$100(ServerMain.java:60)
        at net.minecraftforge.server.ServerMain.main(ServerMain.java:57)

[Gooseberry]

10 minutes ago, diesieben07 said:

1.16.5 requires java 8.

Yes, I have java 8. Do I have to activate it or something? 

[Gooseberry]

5 minutes ago, diesieben07 said:

You're attempting to run the game with Java 18.

Okay so how do I run the game with Java 8?

[Gooseberry]

2 minutes ago, diesieben07 said:

Replace "java" in your command line with the full path to your Java 8 executable.

How do I find this?

[warjort]

Its location depends upon which java you installed.

Open c:\Program Files in explorer (the windows program that lets you look at folders) and type java.exe in the search. This should find all the javas you have installed.

Edited July 1, 2022 by warjort

[Gooseberry]

2 minutes ago, diesieben07 said:

Usually programs are installed in C:\Program Files\

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_333\bin\Java.exe -Xmx4096M -Xms4096M -jar forgeserver.jar nogui
PAUSE 
Something like this or do I change something else?

[Gooseberry]

2 minutes ago, diesieben07 said:

Paths with spaces in them must be quoted.

Okay thank you that worked!

[OriGATAMARI]

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_321\bin\Java.exe -Xmx10240M -Xms10240M -jar forge.jar
pause

like that ?

[warjort]

Quote the path with spaces, like this:

Quote

"C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_321\bin\Java.exe" -Xmx10240M -Xms10240M -jar forge.jar