Instaling Java 11 on Windows

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

1. Go to https://adoptopenjdk.net/
2. Select OpenJDK 11 (LTS)
3. Click Newest Release
4. Choose your platform (Windows x32 or Windows x64)
5. Click Install JDK
6. Open the downloaded file
7. Click Next 
8. Leave the selection as is and click Next again
9. Click Install
10. Restart your PC

11. To verify the installation was successful go to your Command Line (CMD in Windows search bar) and type 

    java -version

12. The output should now look like this:

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