Hi. Just wondering if anyone can help me. I download the MC server 1.7.10 .jar version, and it comes as a ZIP file. I tried renaming it to a .jar, but it wont work. Any ideas how to set this up. Running on PC, Windows 7.
I have used other versions, as a .jar, and they worked fine, and came as a .jar........
EDIT - I also unzipped it, and it unpacks the whole java files......, with no actual .jar file......
Wow, I can't believe IE doesn't recognize it's a jar file.......But you're totally right, I was able to reproduce the problem on my computer as well. I'm going to guess that the reason IE thinks it's a zip file is because a jar file and a zip file have the same magic numbers.
Anyway, there are a couple easy fixes after that.
One way is you can just rename the file. Be careful that you don't end up calling it minecraftserver.jar.zip (another user on the forum had this problem a few days ago because they didn't have file extensions on by default).
The safest way is to open up a command prompt, change directory to the folder that's holding the Minecraft server file and doing a
In my opinion, I think the easiest way to fix this is to enable file extensions and then rename the zip file. You can't just right click and select rename/properties to rename it, it'll just be renamed to minecraft_server.1.7.10.jar.zip.
Wow, I can't believe IE doesn't recognize it's a jar file.......But you're totally right, I was able to reproduce the problem on my computer as well. I'm going to guess that the reason IE thinks it's a zip file is because a jar file and a zip file have the same magic numbers.
Anyway, there are a couple easy fixes after that.
One way is you can just rename the file. Be careful that you don't end up calling it minecraftserver.jar.zip (another user on the forum had this problem a few days ago because they didn't have file extensions on by default).
The safest way is to open up a command prompt, change directory to the folder that's holding the Minecraft server file and doing a
In my opinion, I think the easiest way to fix this is to enable file extensions and then rename the zip file. You can't just right click and select rename/properties to rename it; it'll just be renamed to minecraft_server.1.7.10.jar.zip.
I have used other versions, as a .jar, and they worked fine, and came as a .jar........
EDIT - I also unzipped it, and it unpacks the whole java files......, with no actual .jar file......
https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.7.10/minecraft_server.1.7.10.jar
before any of that.... Click link..... downloads a .ZIP..... not a .jar........
Anyway, there are a couple easy fixes after that.
One way is you can just rename the file. Be careful that you don't end up calling it minecraftserver.jar.zip (another user on the forum had this problem a few days ago because they didn't have file extensions on by default).
The safest way is to open up a command prompt, change directory to the folder that's holding the Minecraft server file and doing a However, that's using the command prompt.
In my opinion, I think the easiest way to fix this is to enable file extensions and then rename the zip file. You can't just right click and select rename/properties to rename it, it'll just be renamed to minecraft_server.1.7.10.jar.zip.
Great idea, definitely try this.