JavaTM SE 6 Release Notes

JRE Installation for Microsoft Windows (64-bit)

JDK Documentation

System Requirements

System Configurations

Installation Instructions

  • Self-extracting binary: jre-1_6_0_<version>-windows-x64.exe

32-bit Windows installation

The following are some of the known issues when you install a 32 -bit JRE on a 64- bit Windows architecture machine:

  • Online Installation and Java Update features are not applicable to 64-bit architecture.
  • The public JRE installed with the 32-bit JRE is not registered. You must set the PATH environment variable to point to JAVA_HOME \bin to register the JRE.