: You can find older versions of Java 8 (x86/32-bit) on the Oracle Java SE 8 Archive .

Unfortunately, Oracle no longer provides direct downloads for Java 16.0 on their website. However, you can try searching for archived versions on the Internet Archive:

Download JRE 7u80 Windows x86 (via jre-7u80-windows-i586.exe search). 2. Java 8 (Latest supported for XP) Version: JRE 8u121 or later. Best for: Last-era XP applications.

https://javadl.oracle.com/webapps/download/AUTO_DL?BundleId=244547_89d678f2be164786b292527658ca1605

Java 8 is the last major version that may still run on Windows XP at your own risk.

Java 16 (specifically version 16.0.x) was never built for Windows XP. By the time it was released in 2021, official support for Windows XP had been dead for seven years.

If you are using Windows XP (32-bit), the most recent version you can realistically use is .

Oracle officially dropped support for Windows XP in Java 8. While Java 8 (specifically earlier versions like 8u25 or 8u51) can sometimes be made to work, Java 9 and newer (including 16) require libraries that do not exist in XP.

For Java 16, Oracle only provides 64-bit installers for Windows. If you must use an older version of Java on Windows XP, follow these steps: Recommended Version for Windows XP (Java 8)

: The number "16" in legacy tech circles is often used as shorthand for Java Runtime Environment 16 (JRE 1.6.0) , also officially known as Java SE 6 .

If you are interested, I can that might work for you. Let me know if that would be helpful.

Instead of running the .exe directly, use a file extractor like to extract the contents of the jre-8u151-windows-i586.exe installer into a temporary folder. Step 2: Extract the Core Archive