Java 7 64 bit on windows 7: how to switch java versions

Question

I need to switch from the installed java 7 at 64bit to the installed java 6 on my Windows 7 64bit OS but the usual procedure doesn\'t works. I tried to change the JAVA_HOME

Answer 1

You need to switch the path environment variable too, to point before to the JRE bin directory. Also, I think modern versions of java place a copy of "java.exe" in the system32 directory of Windows, you'll need to remove them (or rename them, if you want to keep them as backups).