How to install java enviroment on Windows 8?

I want to try the newest Windows 8 64-bit. I installed it successfully. I tried to install one trading application called Interactive Brokers Trading Station which requires at least jre-1.4.

I went to the Oracle website to download the latest release. I tried 1.6 and even 1.7, however it seems Windows 8 could not link the environment to the software, whichs keep complaining about the absence of Java.

I tried to change the compatibility settings of the executable, which didn't do anything. Can you give me any hints?

Solution 1:

See if the path variable helps to solve your problem

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/install-windows.html

Solution 2:

Turns out you have to install both java 32 and 64 bit since lot of application simply base on 32bit as default without 64bit version.