| If you want... | It comes from... | Typical path | |----------------|------------------|---------------| | (C/C++ linker) | Visual Studio Build Tools or Visual Studio | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\...\bin\Hostx64\x64\link.exe | | jlink.exe (Java module linker) | JDK 17 itself | C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17\bin\jlink.exe | | Symbolic link creation | Windows built-in ( cmd as admin) | mklink command, not link |
Ensure you are on a 64-bit version of Windows; JDK 17 does not support 32-bit (x86) systems. jdk17windowsx64binexe link
: If you need older versions (17.0.12 and earlier), visit the Java SE 17 Archive Alternative OpenJDK Distributions | If you want
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