hvdwolf/jExifToolGUI

jExifToolGUI.jar v2.0.1 does not run on Windows 10

gaiking-uk opened this issue · 1 comments

gaiking-uk commented

Issue

System info

  • OS: Windows 10 Pro
  • Version: 22H2 [19045.2193]
  • Package jExifToolGUI.jar

Bug description
I installed the latest JRE (currently Version 8 Update 351, Released: 18 October 2022) and tried to run jExifToolGUI.jar. The splash screen loads however I then get the following error message...

  • ERROR: Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again.
  • DESCRIPTION: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/hvdw/jexiftoolgui/Application has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 55.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Install latest JRE
  2. Download jExifToolGUI.jar
  3. Run java -jar jExifToolGUI.jar &
  4. See error

Questions

Note: There is the java JDK (Java Development Kit) and java JRE (Java Runtime Environment). The JRE is needed to run java applications and is normally 4-5 times smaller than the full JDK. Since a few years the JREs are no longer distributed

  1. I am confused when you say the JRE is no longer distributed 🤔 -- I have been downloading the JRE form java.com for many years, is this not right(!?)

This version should run on any system that comes included with java 11 or newer or where you can install java 11 or newer.

  1. Also, just to check -- when you say "Java 11", is this the JRE [Java Runtime Environment] or the JDK [Java Development Kit]?... AFAIK, the latest JRE is version 8 (351) and the latest JDK is 19.0.1... Does jExifToolGUI.jar work with JRE?

Apologies if any of the above sounds strange - I have limited experience with Java, thanks in advance!

Screenshots

jExifToolGUI jar Error -- 2 command line
jExifToolGUI jar Error -- 1 double-click

hvdwolf commented

Since release 2.0 java version 8 is no longer supported. It is already out of support since 2013 and I stopped supporting it too, as explained on the Release page.
Please download java Version 11 or newer. Then the application will work.
The old Version 8 JRE is still available, but there is no JRE for the newer versions if you download from Sun/Java.
But you are right: the description could be clearer so I changed it on the Releases page https://github.com/hvdwolf/jExifToolGUI/releases