Help, cannot run Aurino.exe on 64 windows 7

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hi All,

I am just getting started I down loaded the arduino 1.04 software on to my 64 windows laptop. When I tried to lauch the arduin.exe file, it gave a message saying I need Java Developement Kit 1.5.0 atleast. I tried navigating the Java websit but could not figure out of the many downloads which one I needed. Can someone point me to the correct java kit I need? Which version of the arduino software is best for 64? I did do a search but did not find me answer.

Thanks,
skipper

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The Arduino IDE package already comed bundled with Java, so you don't need to install another Java package.

1.0.4 is the latest and is perfectly fine on Windows 7 x64.

You might want to try eried's installer that you can get from this location:
http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,118440.0.html

It will simplify the installation of the IDE and drivers.

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Thanks for the quick response, that link worked out for me!