# Can't open Processing app, unable to load JRE

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-open-processing-app-unable-to-load-jre/37236
**Category:** Processing
**Created:** [May 30, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-open-processing-app-unable-to-load-jre/37236 "2022-05-30T19:13:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Dreelliot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@Dreelliot](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Dreelliot)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-open-processing-app-unable-to-load-jre/37236/1 "2022-05-30T19:13:27Z")

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I’m running macOS Monterey on an 2019 MacBook and when trying to open processing it prompts “unable to load JRE”. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled java jre many times, also I’ve installed idk and neither of those helped me.

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### Author: ![SpaceTime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SpaceTime](https://discourse.processing.org/u/SpaceTime)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-open-processing-app-unable-to-load-jre/37236/2 "2022-07-09T06:29:46Z")

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I had this too, did you work out how to solve it?

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### Author: ![aliathestupid\_1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/aliathestupid_1/32/20287_2.png) [@aliathestupid\_1](https://discourse.processing.org/u/aliathestupid_1)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-open-processing-app-unable-to-load-jre/37236/3 "2025-01-01T05:03:25Z")

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**I have the same problem, idk how to solve it tho**