Editing Tutorials/Setting up a server (section)

== Windows instructions ==

=== Installing Java ===

The ''Minecraft'' server requires the Java Runtime Environment (also called JRE or simply Java). For your security, you should only use the most recent version of Java. To verify that you have the latest version, do ''one'' of the following:

* Open Windows Control Panel, find Java (it may be inside the Programs category), and click on Update Now.
* Visit http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp. This will perform an automatic version check from your browser. However, the [[wikipedia:Google Chrome|Google Chrome]] and [[wikipedia:Firefox|Firefox]] browsers do not run Java content and therefore cannot check Java through the browser.
* Open a command window and enter the command <code>java -version</code>. If a version number is reported, then check the [http://www.java.com/download/ Java website] to see what the most recent version number is.

If you don't have Java or your version is outdated, then download the newest version at https://adoptopenjdk.net/ (OpenJDK) or [https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#jdk17-windows http://www.java.com/download/] (Oracle "OTN" JDK)