Introduction

To make Minecraft pre-1.13 run on Windows 10/11 with Intel HD Graphics, you need to run the game with Java 8u51.

⚠️ It is important you don't install Java 8u51 with the installer.

Doing so will make your whole system default to 8u51. You only need 8u51 for your Minecraft.

Getting Java 8u51 for Betacraft launcher v1

Obtaining the necessary files — in case you don't have 8u51 already

• Download Java 8u51 zip from here
• Open up C:\Program Files\Java\, create directory with name jre-8u51
• Extract the zip archive into the directory you've created

In the launcher

• Open up Instance settings by clicking on Edit instance
• Change Java executable path to: C:\Program Files\Java\jre-8u51\bin\java.exe
• Save by clicking OK

✅ You should now be ready to play Minecraft on your Intel machine!

Getting Java 8u51 for Betacraft launcher v2

In the launcher

• Open the Settings tab, then Java installations
• In the upper right corner, select 1.8.0_51 (Oracle) from the dropdown list and click Install
• Once the download is complete, select 1.8.0_51 from the list and click the Set as default button

✅ You should now be ready to play Minecraft on your Intel machine!