Thanos tool not opening

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Thanos tool not opening

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I was having issues opening Thanos, I had %JAVA_HOME% set to v11, but still having errors.

In the path both Java 11 and Java 17 were listed, I deleted Java 17 from the path it worked using:

> java -jar thanostool.jar

I pasted the transcript from discord for future reference.

i am trying to use thanos editor, i saw the link on wiki, it is a .jar file, i cant get it to work, how do i get thanos to work? i cant seem to find info regarding getting it to run

Cap'n Ceikry — Today at 4:34 PM
all jar files are ran the same way
it's nothing special to thanos

davey — Today at 5:06 PM
not sure what I am doing wrong, I cant double click it, and tried opening it in cmd using > java -jar thanostool.jar

Cap'n Ceikry — Today at 5:07 PM
it requires java 11 like the rest of the project

davey — Today at 5:18 PM
i set path to java 11, i thought i set it to 11, and get same error, not sure what to do

Cap'n Ceikry — Today at 5:20 PM
windows sometimes messes paths up greatly
especially if you have multiple java versions installed
what is the output of java -version

davey — Today at 5:20 PM
i can try on my mac?
D:\Users\davey\Downloads>java -version
openjdk version "17.0.6" 2023-01-17
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-17.0.6+10 (build 17.0.6+10)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.6+10 (build 17.0.6+10, mixed mode, sharing)

Cap'n Ceikry — Today at 5:21 PM
java 17
🙂
so even though you believe you're using 11, you're actually using 17

ryannathans [UTC+11] — Today at 5:30 PM
it really do be like that sometimes
check your system path environment variable
or just directly run it with java 11

davey — Today at 5:31 PM
C:\Users\davey>echo %java_home%
C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-11.0.18.10-hotspot

Cap'n Ceikry — Today at 5:31 PM
windows often does not respect java_home
most windows installers don't even set it
this among other reasons is why windows is often considered unsuitable for anything beyond gaming and filling out spreadsheets

davey — Today at 5:32 PM
why do all the "guides" say to add java_home to system variables then, gosh i have alot to learn
i was using linux but some stuff i needed windows still so put windows back on

Cap'n Ceikry — Today at 5:33 PM
because a lot of software expects the basics to be respected
windows is breaking the rule here

davey — Today at 5:33 PM
thats how i found out about 2009scape playing around with flatpak 😛
hmm well i took this out of system variables C:\Program Files\Eclipse Adoptium\jdk-17.0.6.10-hotspot\bin
and wahlah C:\Users\davey>java -version
openjdk version "11.0.18" 2023-01-17
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-11.0.18+10 (build 11.0.18+10)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-11.0.18+10 (build 11.0.18+10, mixed mode)
both were in path

Cap'n Ceikry — Today at 5:36 PM
voila
davey — Today at 5:37 PM
its working 🙂 tysm lol
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