With an increasing number of Support requests letting us know that our customers and prospects are finding it difficult to install Java version 11 or newer on their Windows PC, we tested a number of possible solution and found the following to be the most consistent and easiest to deploy.

Instructions

Go to https://adoptopenjdk.net/
Select OpenJDK 11 (LTS)
Click Newest Release
Choose your platform (Windows x32 or Windows x64)
Click Install JDK
Open the downloaded file
Click Next
Leave the selection as is and click Next again
Click Install
Restart your PC
To verify the installation was successful go to your Command Line (CMD in Windows search bar) and type
```
java -version
```
The output should now look like this:

You need administrative permissions on your PC to install Java and run HiveMQ.

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