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

I had to make 2 changes for it to work:

1. Changed the Registry key 'Software\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment'\CurrentVersion' to 1.7 from 1.8
2. The Java 8 installation adds a new entry to the PATH environment variable 'C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath'. I removed this entry from the PATH.