I am sorry to ask this hear.
But all the forums I can find seem to be geared to people learning to program
java.
And oracle doesn't seem to have a forum any longer.
I have searched google and any forums I can find and found nothing like my problem.
But I admit I am not sure exactly how to
word it in a search.
So if you can't or don't want to answer please point me to a forum for user questions.
I have a 64 bit machine running win7 64 bit.
I had both 64 and 32 bit java installed.
My browser is waterfox the 64 bit version of firefox.
Everything was working but I couldn't get minecraft to use the 64 bit java so I decided to remove all java and then re install 64 bit alone.
I think I made my firs mistake by using a third party uninstaller designed to remove any traces of what ever you remove
Once I re installed 64 bit java v8 and restarted nothing java related works at all any more.
examples: if I run minecraft the HD light blinks and nothing else happens.
if I open control panel and try to open the java panel (THE SAME) nothing at all happens.
if I go to java site and run the java
test as soon as I give it permission to run waterfox disappears (crashes).
and if I do win-r then type java -version to check the version I get this message "c:\programdata\oracle\java\javapath\java.exe “ THE SPECIFIED PATH DOES NOT EXIST"
if I go to C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25\bin\java.exe I find my java where it has always been and it also shows under installed programs.
I have no idea what the other path refers too.
I have re installed 2 times with restart after each and nothing changes.
I have no idea how to even guess what I have broken.
Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated.
Even if it is just a link to a more appropriate forum.
I am dead in the
water at the moment and getting a bit desperate.