"cannot find suitable Java version. Make sure one is correctly installed"

[willhuddleston]

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Describe the bug I'm getting this error message everytime i try to connect to local host the world downloader crashes. I have java 21 and java 17 installed (see screenshot for location) but still get this error.

Log output

Trying to run java
	exit status 1
	Oct 23, 2023 11:10:31 PM com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl startup
WARNING: Unsupported JavaFX configuration: classes were loaded from 'unnamed module @d7b1517'
Application seems to be running without console. Redirecting error output to GUI. If this is not desired, run with --force-console.
Starting proxy for 149.56.176.143:25587. Make sure to connect to localhost:25565 instead of the regular server address.
Encryption failure! Terminating.

Trying to run C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft Launcher\runtime\java-runtime-alpha\windows-x64\java-runtime-alpha\bin\java.exe
	exit status 1
	Error: LinkageError occurred while loading main class Launcher
	java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Launcher has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 61.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 60.0

Trying to run C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft Launcher\runtime\java-runtime-gamma\windows-x64\java-runtime-gamma\bin\java.exe
	exit status 1
	Oct 23, 2023 11:11:09 PM com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl startup
WARNING: Unsupported JavaFX configuration: classes were loaded from 'unnamed module @694e1548'
Application seems to be running without console. Redirecting error output to GUI. If this is not desired, run with --force-console.
Starting proxy for 149.56.176.143:25587. Make sure to connect to localhost:25565 instead of the regular server address.
Encryption failure! Terminating.

Trying to run C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft Launcher\runtime\jre-legacy\windows-x64\jre-legacy\bin\java.exe
	exit status 1
	java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Launcher has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 61.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:760)
	at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:467)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:73)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:368)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:362)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:361)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
	at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:331)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
	at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:495)
Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again
Exception in thread "main" 
Trying to run C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft Launcher\runtime\jre-x64\bin\java.exe
	exit status 1
	java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Launcher has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 61.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:760)
	at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:467)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:73)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:368)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:362)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:361)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
	at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:331)
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
	at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:495)
Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again
Exception in thread "main"          
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Screenshots

Version

• Game: Minecraft 1.19.2
• Forge: 43.3.23
• Downloader: latest