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BTW, if you're not already running Minecraft using 64-bit Java, quite literally
get with the program Running Minecraft using 64-bit Java: A tutorial for Windows 7 64-bit editionFirst Step: Download 64-bit Java from Java's website. An easy way to do this is to go into Internet Explorer 64 bit edition and go to
www.java.com. Now, Windows 7 64 bit comes with 2 editions of Internet Explorer…32 bit and 64 bit. The 64 bit edition of IE can be found in the Start Menu (go to All Programs, top of the list); it is designated as Internet Explorer (64-bit). Click on that to open up IE 64-bit. Then, head over to java.com and click “Downloads”…this should take you to the page where you can download 64-bit Java. Download that and follow the install instructions. Just so you know, you can have both 32 and 64 bit editions of Java co-existing on the same machine (in fact, since most browsers are still 32 bit, you will probably need to keep 32-bit Java on your machine).
If you would rather have the newer JRE 7 (currently beta) head over to: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.htmlSecond Step: Now that you have 64 bit Java installed, here’s what you do to point your Minecraft client toward the 64-bit Java install:
2A. Go to where you saved your minecraft.exe file, right click on the file so you can create a Shortcut to the file on your desktop or wherever.
2B. Now, once you have the shortcut created, you need to make a couple of tweaks. Right click on the shortcut and go to “Properties”. Click the “shortcut” tab.
--In the line for “Target”, you will need to enter (or copy/paste) the following text:
"C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe" -Xmx1024m -Xms512m -cp Minecraft.exe net.minecraft.LauncherFrame
This directs the client to open in 64-bit Java rather than (by default) 32-bit Java. If you downloaded the JRE 7 release from Oracle, swap \jre6\ for \jre7\ in the Target line.
If you think you can allocate even more memory to Minecraft to help loading/caching the world, try increasing the two values of -Xmx1024m and -Xms512m, ideally to no more than 50% of your physical RAM.--In the line for “Start in”, be sure the folder where you placed Minecraft.exe has stayed the same (for example, “C:\Minecraft\”...obviously, if the file is in a different location, you will need to find that folder and place that path in the line instead.)
--Click “Apply”.
Now that all that’s done, you can now click on the shortcut to open up Minecraft using 64-bit Java. Enjoy!