[Solved] JRE Problem

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Rajaat99
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[Solved] JRE Problem

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Windows 7
Open Office 4.1.3
I installed jre-7u79-windows-i586.exe, which is a 32 bit java runtime environment, I believe. OpenOffice does not populate the box under Tools... Options... Java, nor will it allow me to manually add it. Every folder I select returns an error stating that the folder does not contain a java runtime environment.

I'm trying to use the wizard to design a letterhead. Does anyone have an idea why it is not working? I have looked at all the other jre problems and none seem to work for fixing my issue. If I missed one, I apologize.
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Re: JRE Problem

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I installed jre-7u79-windows-i586.exe
Welcome to the forum.
The version you have installed is a very old one. The current version is jre-8u141 and will work with
AOO v4.1.3. You are correct in installing the i586 (32bit).
Unfortunately, AOO and the version of Java you installed is NOT compatible due to
the different versions of the MS VC++Runtime libraries.
Installing the correct version of Java will rectify this.

Greengriant224

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Re: JRE Problem

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There's also a bug in AOO 4.1.3 that can cause cause this problem.

Issue 127176 - Java not recognized after update to AOO 4.1.3

See the workaround for the bug here:

Re: JRE not found (Java 8)
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Rajaat99
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Re: JRE Problem

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Well, I installed jre-8u144-windows-i586.exe and it's still not working, so I'll try Bills solution.

Edit: Bill's solution worked. Thank you both.
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Re: [Solved] JRE Problem

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Unable to open letter,installed JRE but OO doesn't seem to recognize it. :crazy: :crazy:
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Re: [Solved] JRE Problem

Post by Bill »

@mack470: you've posted in "solved" thread which may not get much attention. You didn't mention if you installed the 64-bit JRE, the 32-bit JRE or both. AOO will only recognize the 32-bit JRE.
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