Skulhammer2

Thanks MartinHines! I am a software developer who recently started managing a Shuriken with Workbench HD decided to connect my Variax Acoustic 700 to update it's ancient BIOS. I was more than a bit surprised that the USB cable that came with the Shuriken worked but Workbench HD did not. I get that modeling technology has improved since then, but I'm still quite fond of my 20 year old guitar that models 70-90 year old guitars and I'm not getting rid of it. Software support for these things is an easy win; be proud, start calling it "Vintage" instead of "Legacy", and support it. I do digress though... Here are some of my personal observations after setting up Variax Workbench 1.75 on a brand new Alienware laptop with Windows 11: 1. The Java8 install will make itself the default Java for your system. Java is up to version 17 currently and I have other tools that will not work with Java8 so I had to fench it off. I suggest doing the following after the 32-bit Oracle Java 8 install: - Remove Java8 from your path: hit the Windows key, start typing "env", and choose "Edit the system Environment Variables" when it appears, click the "Environment Variables" button at the bottom, i the "System Variables" section at the bottom double click "Path", single click the line that says "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath", and click "Delete". Click "OK" and then "OK" again to accept the change. - Now that Java8 isn't in your PATH, you need to give Variax Workbench a way to find it: Hold down the Windows key and hit "E" to open Windows Explorer, navigate to the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath" directory, highlight all three files in that directory, hit Control-C. The navigate to the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Line6\Variax Workbench" directory, and hit Control-V. You may run into permission issues, if you do find a friend has knowledge of such things. If you succeed, Variax Workbench will use these shortcuts to find Java8 and you should now be able to start Variax Workbench. 2. Disable the Java8 Auto-update Check, this thing will nag you to death. Hit the Windows key, start typing "java", and choose "Configure Java" when it appears. When the Java Control Panel appears, click the Update tab, and uncheck "Check for Updates Automatically", and confirm that you never want it to check. 3. I did not try newer versions of Oracle's OpenJDK/JRE but I did try Adopt OpenJDK11 64-bit, Adopt OpenJDK11 32-bit, and Adopt OpenJDK8 32-bit. In the sufficient but limited time I spent playing with it all of these resulted in the "Java 1.6 Required" and the page for a download opening in a web browser. Perhaps one of the newer Oracle (paid or the free OpenJRE) distributions or one of the bazillion other open Java distributions would work; dunno, I'm connected and it's time to play now. I can't provide support for these recommendations, but if something is wrong please let me know as I would like to revise this post. Cheers! Skullhamer