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Posted by Bennie Hollis
Bennie Hollis
108 Points

I can't install the JDK 7 64 for windows I download the Android studio but it will not run without it

When I download JDK it says Error

4 Answers

Gunjeet Hattar
Gunjeet Hattar
14,483 Points
Gunjeet Hattar
Gunjeet Hattar
14,483 Points

Did you try downloading and running JDK 8 the latest update. What sort of error does it give?

Bennie Hollis
Bennie Hollis
108 Points
Bennie Hollis
Bennie Hollis
108 Points

I just tried to download the JDK 64 for windows update 8 and 7 and android studios still wasn't able to open. This is error that occurs to no JDK found please install the 64 bit JDK. If you already have a JDK installed,define a JAVA_HOME variable in Computer...

Matt Englund
Matt Englund
2,664 Points
Matt Englund
Matt Englund
2,664 Points

Bennie,

I got stuck with this error as well on Windows 7. I uninstalled Android Studio and Java. I installed JDK 7 instead of 8. And it works just fine now. Here is a link to JDK 7. Hope this helps.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html

Bennie Hollis
Bennie Hollis
108 Points
Bennie Hollis
Bennie Hollis
108 Points

Great it worked! thanks Matt!