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I'm sure this is a regular problem reported to you guys - sorry!

Im getting the "Open Office requires a JRE to perform this task"

I downloaded a JRE from here http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java ... tml#close

I downloaded the Windows x64 (both online and offline versions) which i assume are the relevant files for windows 7 pro but neither have solved my problem.

I get "the connection to the datasource (name of database) could not be established no Java installation could be found please check your installation"

What am i doing wrong/missing?

Thanks in advance guys.....

Sorry, i may have put this post in the wrong section - if so - sorry!

As OpenOffice is a 32 bit program, you will need the 32 bit version of Java, which you can install together with the 64 bit version.

Hi David, ah!!

Many thanks.

This is still unsolved for me. I am running AOO on Windows 10. I have downloaded the 32 bit Java (as well as others), Uninstalled it and went through the process again. Openoffice does not recognize the Java. After a download and installation the Oracle site checks to see if it is running and it is. How do I make it work?

I can't even get to the HELP w/o JAVA... I am stuck.

KCImages wrote:I can't even get to the HELP w/o JAVA... I am stuck.

The help system works well without Java, except for the [Find] tab.
I used OpenOffice for many years without any Java installed on the system. The Java features are not that important.

Troubleshooting Open/LibreOffice and Java

Simply install the 64-bit version of LibreOffice for Windows.

I solved it by updating windows with this: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downloa ... px?id=5555