Properly installing java 8 along with java 7

Question

I\'ve JDK 1.7 installed on my windows 7 machine and after installing JDK 1.8 u20 I\'m having following error:

C:\\>java -version
Error: Registry key \'Sof         


        

Answer 1

Edit this text in base your own values, save as ".reg", execute, enjoy :)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.8.0_74]
"JavaHome"="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre8"