Extracting Oracle Java installation from exe

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This has been tested in JDK 7. Please download 7Zip application. WinRAR does not assist along this process

1.Download a desired JDK version from prior downloads at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase7-521261.html

2.Create a folder in where you want to keep the jdk,

3.Copy the downloaded .exe file in here,

4.Right click on exe and 7-Zip>>Extract Here,

5.Right click on tools.zip >> 7-Zip >> Extract Here,

6.Open a command line and issue the command in the folder, this code will convert files to jar

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for /r %x in (*.pack) do .\bin\unpack200 -r “%x” “%~dx%~px%~nx.jar”

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7.remove the tools.zip and the .exe file

8. issue java -version to test the result