Cannot use Java 7 installation if Java 8 is installed

Question

I normally still use Java 7 for all my coding projects (it\'s a company \"politics\" issue), but I installed Java 8 for one third-party project I am contributing to. Now, it see

Answer 1

Windows and Unix both find programs using their PATH environment variable. You have an java.exe in your Windows\System32 which is appearing before your "preferred" version of Java.

Change the PATH to be the one you need, or specify the full path when you need a different version.