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You can click on Search present on taskbar or press Ctrl + Q.
Search "Configure Java" and click on it.
That should open the Java Control Panel.

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Right-click on the Start button and select the Control Panel option. In the Windows Control Panel, click on Programs. Click on the Java icon to open the Java Control Panel.

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July 11, 2022 - Here, click on the Programs option. Next, click on the Java option to open Java Control Pane. Head to the Security tab and there check the checkbox for Enable Java content for browser and web start applications.

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opened java control panel is blank in windows 11, some java apps are not working. Command java -version gives - I am not getting any error. How to fix this issue please? More on learn.microsoft.com

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Cannot uninstall or update Java. Blank page icon in control panel. Windows 11 home.

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Java not opening in Control panel

Java is not opening in Control panel since long. I tried all the procedures mentioned in this forum. but still not able to open it. Because of this, all application associated with it are also not working. Mine is windows 11, 64 bit operating system? Any… More on learn.microsoft.com

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Cannot locate Java on my computer

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What happens if you try to launch the Java Control Panel applet manually?

Click Start, Run and in the box enter (or copy and paste):

%SystemRoot%\system32*javacpl.cpl*

Click OK.

Does the Java Control Panel open? If not, what does happen?

When looking at your Control Panel list of things, right click one of the icons and choose 'Sort by Name' to reorder the Control Panel listing alphabetically. Could be your Java icon is hiding out at the bottom of the list and is just out of sight.

"Sort by Name' also works in your Start, Programs listing too.

Keeps things tidy.

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Dear ElderL and Angie's Kid ,

On Windows XP, I have no %SystemRoot%\system32*javacpl.cpl*

as of this writing (Apr.18, 2013), Java is at Version 7 Update 21.

The following solution that I read elsewhere works for me:

Try running the following command via Start > Run: javaws -viewer

Hope that helps anyone for whom the listed solutions don't work,

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Where is the Java Control Panel on Windows?

Platform(s): Windows 10, Windows 2008 Server, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows Vista, Windows XP · Starting with Java 7 Update 40, you can find the Java Control Panel through the Windows Start menu.

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opened java control panel is blank in windows 11, some java apps are not working. Command java -version gives - I am not getting any error. How to fix this issue please?

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How do I enable and view the Java Console?

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r/techsupport on Reddit: Cannot uninstall or update Java. Blank page icon in control panel. Windows 11 home.

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Issue: Cannot update or uninstall java, current version may be broken.

Windows version: 11 home version 23H2

Current Java version: 17.0.11+7-LTS-207

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Need to open a jar file. Jar file has a blank page icon. Double click to open, asks which program I'd like to run it with, defaults on java with a window icon. Nothing happens.
- When I say nothing, I mean nothing. No window pops up, computer doesn't stutter, just nothing.
Figure updating java is the issue, so I download latest version installer, "jre-8u461-windows-x64.exe", I run it, asks for admin rights, I click yes, nothing happens.
Check current version with windows CMD terminal "java -version" and it lists 17.0.11+7-LTS-207.
Downloaded the dev kit, "jdk-24_windows-x64_bin.exe", run, asks for admin rights, I click yes, nothing happens.
Try again, but by right clicking to run as administrator, same results.
Download java uninstaller "JavaUninstallTool.exe", same results.
Restart computer, same results.
Go to control panel, Java option has a blank page icon. Try opening a window pops up titled "All control panel items" with text "Application not found" with just an "ok" button.
Googled the problem, some list a slash problem but didn't list how to diagnose or resolve the problem.
Came here, use the search to look within techsupport, best I could find was this, but his results were a bit different (a window pops up for a second after trying to launch a jar file) and I don't like jamming things into terminal without knowing what they are.
I made a post here that didn't get any traction (I blame putting minecraft in the title.) I have since deleted that post as to avoid any confusion.
I went to r/javahelp and they would not help me (Definitely because I put minecraft in the title, they told me so.)
I went to r/minecraft and they have responded but so far it hasn't been very helpful. I figured while I see if that might be fruitful, I'd try and reformat my post here without. (Link to post)

Sorry for withholding that this issue is related to minecraft. People tend to see minecraft and immediately go to "Oh, so this is a child." I am a 38 year old man, and this problem is well outside of a minecraft problem. This is potentially a huge security risk and my only current course of action is at the very least a soft reformat. I'd like to avoid that if at all possible.

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Hi Vinod

I am Dave, I will help you with this.

Have you tried uninstalling Java, then restart your PC and download the latest version of Java provided by Oracle to see if that resolves the error?

https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downlo...

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I downloaded and installed Java to help a friend test a program (a version of the Shimeji desktop companion) they were working on.
As expected, the program did not launch before installing Java. After I installed Java, it worked perfectly. This should demonstrate I did install Java and it is currently in the machine.
After completing the test I wish to remove Java as I am not using it. However, I cannot locate it anywhere. The install wizard, which can be run to uninstall Java, says "no Java installation is detected on this system" when propted to remove Java. I cannot locate any Java folder in C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files(x86). I cannot locate the Java Control Panel anywhere. For all intents and purposes, it seems like Java is not installed, except that it is because I can still run the program my friend is making. I am running Windows 11 Home.

Thanks in advance to anyone who might read this and help out

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When I go to the control panel, I click programs and when I click Java, it says application not found. Please help. the reason I wanted it was because I needed to update my java version and when I go to the command prompt and run java --version , it shows the un-changed version from before I downloaded it from the Oracle website. I don't really know anything about this stuff and it really confuses me. I could open it before this happened too, and I did the JAVA_HOME thing but it didn't seem to do anything. When I went to open the panel again, it gave me the error.

You said you did the JAVA_HOME thing, what exactly did you do?

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How do I enable Java through the Control Panel?

CAUSE The Java content in the browser is disabled in the Java Control Panel. If Java is already installed but applets do not work, you may need to check and see if Java is enabled.,

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Is there a program ANY WHERE that will replace Java? I have nothing but problems with it ... I thot it was an Oracle problem but did Microsoft purchase it. My problem is that I'm OLD and cannot concentrate on a billion instructions, especially not as confusing as the instructions for Java AND it would help if the java updates would work ... everything on my computer works flawlessly, except Java. I'll pay someone to get it out of my computer and install a program that WORKS ... plus Java is full of bugs ... and the updates don;t work so it is destroying my security. Help Mr. Wizard please make EVIL MICROSOFT go away and bring NICE Microsoft, back when it worked ...

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Sorry that didn't work for you. Have you tried to find Java manually by searching in Explorer for "Java" at the "C:\ " level, e.g., open Explorer, click on your C:\ drive and entering "Java" in the search dialog box? It seems that you must have loaded it in a different folder than Program Files (x86)\Java. Hope you have better luck taking this approach.

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Java Control Panel

On Microsoft Windows, if both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Java are installed, this panel is not available. In this event, you have to launch the Java Control Panel directly from the 32-bit directory command line (C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javacpl.exe).

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The only solution that I have come up with in a similar situation: to uninstall & re-install Java.

It's possible that this issue has something to do with what happens when Java update loads a new version to your system. I am saying this because Java by default tends to install itself into directories where the directory name has the version number. So a change in version number => changes the installation directory => may have an effect on some paths were system expects to find Java.

I am not sure if this is the cause however but so as to remove that possibility, when I re-installed Java I created a custom directory C:\Program Files\Java\JDK (this was the 64-bit version; a 32-bit version should have been placed in C:\Program Files (x86)) and directed the installer to put everything in that directory (instead of its default which would have been something like: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk_1.8.0.66).

If you are installing just the JRE then the custom path could be something like C:\Program Files\Java\JRE (instead of the default C:\Program Files\Java\jre8).

When you uninstall Java, make sure that:

The Java directories (in either C:\Program Files (x86)\Java or C:\Program Files\Java) are actually deleted by the uninstaller. If not, it's better to delete them manually (since you will be re-installing them anyway, this should be fine).
Any environment variables (e.g. JAVA_HOME, PATH, etc) that refer to the old location actually point to the new location

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