How to fix Minecraft crashing on Windows 7 64bit

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I've been plagued by Minecraft crashing, "running out of memory", on my Win7 64 install for months. I finally decided to fix the problem by using 64-bit Java.

• Open Internet Explorer 64-bit.
• Go to Sun Java (java.com).
• It should auto detect your 64-bit browser and let you download 64-bit Java.
• Run the installer.
• Download minecraft.jar from the official Minecraft website (listed under linux/other).
• Right click on mincraft.jar and create a Windows shortcut to it.
• Edit that shortcut, and set the "Target" to "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe" -Xmx1024M -Xms512M -cp Minecraft.jar net.minecraft.LauncherFrame

Calling "javaw.exe" instead of "java.exe" means the console will be hidden (preferred).

[Milenko]

So THATS what has been causing it.

Cheers man.

[Aegis]

nice, that worked

[Bam Stroker]

So far so good!