Have you tried the .jar file? If your registry is configured to execute .jar files (the proper registry entries are created by the installation of a Java JDK but they can be clobbered by installing other software that associated a different meaning with the .jar filetype), then you can simply double click on the DrJava icon in the folder where .jar file has been downloaded. You can also execute a jar file from the command line by cd'ing to folder containing the jar file
and typing
java -jar drjava.jar
assuming the .jar file is called drjava.jar.
I doubt tthe .exe version of drjava works on Windows 7. We do not have any Windows 7 machines in our lab yet.
Let me know whether or not the .jar file works.
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I'm unable to get it running on Windows 7 64bit as well. The Windows exe gives a nonexistent JRE error saying the path is wrong and the jar just does not open (says invalid or corrupt jarfile). I have tried both the beta and the stable release. To test, I can double click and open other jar files on my desktop with no problem but I am willing to adjust my environmental variables if that may be the problem. Please help. Thanks.
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Have you tried the .jar file? If your registry is configured to execute .jar files (the proper registry entries are created by the installation of a Java JDK but they can be clobbered by installing other software that associated a different meaning with the .jar filetype), then you can simply double click on the DrJava icon in the folder where .jar file has been downloaded. You can also execute a jar file from the command line by cd'ing to folder containing the jar file
and typing
java -jar drjava.jar
assuming the .jar file is called drjava.jar.
I doubt tthe .exe version of drjava works on Windows 7. We do not have any Windows 7 machines in our lab yet.
Let me know whether or not the .jar file works.
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I'm unable to get it running on Windows 7 64bit as well. The Windows exe gives a nonexistent JRE error saying the path is wrong and the jar just does not open (says invalid or corrupt jarfile). I have tried both the beta and the stable release. To test, I can double click and open other jar files on my desktop with no problem but I am willing to adjust my environmental variables if that may be the problem. Please help. Thanks.