forge server won't start

[vampswat]

when i open my run.bat file it shows this as the latest log

[08Jul2024 22:14:14.988] [main/INFO] [cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher/MODLAUNCHER]: ModLauncher running: args [--launchTarget, forgeserver, --fml.forgeVersion, 40.2.0, --fml.mcVersion, 1.18.2, --fml.forgeGroup, net.minecraftforge, --fml.mcpVersion, 20220404.173914]
[08Jul2024 22:14:14.997] [main/INFO] [cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher/MODLAUNCHER]: ModLauncher 9.1.3+9.1.3+main.9b69c82a starting: java version 22.0.1 by Oracle Corporation
[08Jul2024 22:14:15.211] [main/INFO] [mixin/]: SpongePowered MIXIN Subsystem Version=0.8.5 Source=union:/C:/Users/eduar/Desktop/server/libraries/org/spongepowered/mixin/0.8.5/mixin-0.8.5.jar%2314!/ Service=ModLauncher Env=SERVER
[08Jul2024 22:14:15.820] [main/WARN] [net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.moddiscovery.ModFileParser/LOADING]: Mod file C:\Users\eduar\Desktop\server\libraries\net\minecraftforge\fmlcore\1.18.2-40.2.0\fmlcore-1.18.2-40.2.0.jar is missing mods.toml file
[08Jul2024 22:14:15.830] [main/WARN] [net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.moddiscovery.ModFileParser/LOADING]: Mod file C:\Users\eduar\Desktop\server\libraries\net\minecraftforge\javafmllanguage\1.18.2-40.2.0\javafmllanguage-1.18.2-40.2.0.jar is missing mods.toml file
[08Jul2024 22:14:15.841] [main/WARN] [net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.moddiscovery.ModFileParser/LOADING]: Mod file C:\Users\eduar\Desktop\server\libraries\net\minecraftforge\lowcodelanguage\1.18.2-40.2.0\lowcodelanguage-1.18.2-40.2.0.jar is missing mods.toml file
[08Jul2024 22:14:15.853] [main/WARN] [net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.moddiscovery.ModFileParser/LOADING]: Mod file C:\Users\eduar\Desktop\server\libraries\net\minecraftforge\mclanguage\1.18.2-40.2.0\mclanguage-1.18.2-40.2.0.jar is missing mods.toml file
[08Jul2024 22:14:16.010] [main/INFO] [net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.moddiscovery.JarInJarDependencyLocator/]: No dependencies to load found. Skipping!
[08Jul2024 22:14:19.211] [main/INFO] [mixin/]: Compatibility level set to JAVA_17
[08Jul2024 22:14:19.247] [main/INFO] [cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler/MODLAUNCHER]: Launching target 'forgeserver' with arguments []
[08Jul2024 22:14:19.335] [main/WARN] [mixin/]: Reference map 'xlpackets.refmap.json' for xlpackets.mixins.json could not be read. If this is a development environment you can ignore this message
[08Jul2024 22:14:19.568] [main/WARN] [mixin/]: Error loading class: net/minecraft/world/item/ItemStack (java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported class file major version 66)
[08Jul2024 22:14:19.569] [main/WARN] [mixin/]: @Mixin target net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack was not found mixins.mlib.json:MixinItemStack
[08Jul2024 22:14:19.840] [main/WARN] [mixin/]: Error loading class: java/util/Map$Entry (java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported class file major version 66)
[08Jul2024 22:14:19.844] [main/WARN] [mixin/]: Error loading class: java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles$Lookup (java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported class file major version 66)
[08Jul2024 22:14:19.846] [main/WARN] [mixin/]: Error loading class: java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles$Lookup (java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported class file major version 66)
[08Jul2024 22:14:19.847] [main/WARN] [mixin/]: Error loading class: java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles$Lookup (java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported class file major version 66)
[08Jul2024 22:14:19.848] [main/WARN] [mixin/]: Error loading class: java/lang/invoke/MethodHandles$Lookup (java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported class file major version 66)
[08Jul2024 22:14:22.662] [main/WARN] [mixin/]: Error loading class: java/util/Map (java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported class file major version 66)
 

Edited July 9 by vampswat

[TileEntity]

Use Java 17 instead of Java 22

[vampswat]

i have it downloaded but i haven't figured out how to change the it to 17

 

[TileEntity]

In the run bat file, replace the word java with the java 17 path to the javaw.exe and put this path into quotation marks