Seems I made a mistake. I did not realise I still had Java 1.6 on my Windows 7 system & that is what LW was using. Seems LW will not run with Java 7 (1.7). It's not normally recommended to have more than one version of Java on your system. However, it is possible. But I'm not sure if this will affect Android SDK with Java 1.6 JRE still on your system.

After I uninstalled Java 1.6, LW stopped running & reinstalling 1.7 made no difference. But after reinstalling Java 1.6, LW works fine. Still with Java 1.7 on the system.

The present Java 1.7 version has not yet been made the official general release version. I believe Java JRE 1.7 is basically still in beta mode and may be missing some abilities. The sub-version starting with b is suggestive of a beta version.

Lord of the Rings,

I can't get LimeWire to run.
I have both JRE 1.7.0_1 AND 1.6.0_27 installed.

But LimeWire complains:
LimeWire Launcher Error
LimeWire needs Java Runtime Environment 6.0 or above ...


I have tried uninstalling JRE 1.7 altogether, but same error.
I suspect that the LimeWire application is searching in the wrong path for the java installation, but how do I fix that? How did you get it to work with both 1.7 and 1.6 installed?

I have both LimeWire and the Java installation in their default directories,
namely C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre... and C:\Program Files (x86)\LimeWire

This problem is ridiculously irritating. (I did not think I have to register for these forums, but since I'm here, hello
Please share your insight.

Thank you.