Last month Oracle released a new Java version, Update 10, that includes a one-stop option for disabling Java in all browsers in the Java Control Panel. Open Control Panel and launch the Java applet.

To clear the Java cache, open the Java control panel, which you can find in the Windows Control Panel or in System Preferences on a Mac.

The big hammer here is in the Java Control Panel, where Java can be disabled either system wide or for the current user. While this works, it caused IE8 under Windows 7 to hang.

Add Java Applet to the exception list Set Security to high in the Java Control Panel Let us talk about them in detail.

To grab the new version right away, double-click the Java icon in the Windows Control Panel to bring up the Java control panel. Head to the Update tab, and then click the Update Now button ...

If Java is not working in VS Code, Edge, Chrome on Windows 11, download the latest version, fix the registry and add environment variables to fix the issue.