Question tried running a 1.16.5 paper server got "Unsupported Java detected (61.0). Only up to Java 16 is supported." while having java 8 and java 17 installed

[YeetDabMcFapDab]

tried running a 1.16.5 paper server and got the "Unsupported Java detected (61.0). Only up to Java 16 is supported." error when trying to run the jar file with a bat command and the 'pause' arguement to see the error
I have both java 8 (C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_421\bin) and java 17 (C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17) installed

I downloaded the server jar file off of https://papermc.io/downloads/all

I added C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_421\bin to the both system and user PATH

 

[mbaxter]

Please don't run such outdated versions with likely exploits and other less exciting bugs. Please run the latest 1.21.1 which is the currently supported version.