Amazon Corretto 11 Installation Instructions for Windows 10 or Later
This topic describes how to install and uninstall Amazon Corretto 11 on a host or container running the Windows 10 or later Windows operating system.
Install Amazon Corretto 11
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Download a Windows
.msi
file from the Downloads page. -
Double-click the .msi file to start the installation wizard.
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Follow the steps in the wizard.
You have the option of setting a custom installation path. By default, Amazon Corretto 11 is installed at
C:\Program Files\Amazon Corretto\
. If you set a custom path, make a note of it for the next step. -
Once the install wizard is finished, set the
JAVA_HOME
andPATH
environment variables.Set
JAVA_HOME
to the installation location, noting that the directory contains the currently-installed version. For example, if the default directory is used for 11.0.25, then setJAVA_HOME
asC:\Program Files\Amazon Corretto\jdk11.0.25_9
.Add
%JAVA_HOME%\bin
to the currentPATH
variable. -
Verify the installation by running java -version in a command prompt. You should see the following output.
openjdk version "11.0.25" 2024-10-15 LTS OpenJDK Runtime Environment Corretto-11.0.25.9.1 (build 11.0.25+9-LTS) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Corretto-11.0.25.9.1 (build 11.0.25+9-LTS, mixed mode)
Uninstall Amazon Corretto 11
You can uninstall Amazon Corretto 11 by following the standard steps to uninstall an application from Windows.
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Open Programs and Features.
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Search for Amazon Corretto 11 and then select it.
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Choose uninstall.