title: Has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 57.0)
body: <p>I get this problem Using IntelliJ. But I have the newest version of everything newly installed on my system.</p>
  
  <p><strong>... has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 57.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0</strong></p>
  
  <p>I've set:</p>
  
  <p>PATH as C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-13
  JAVA_HOME as: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-13
  JRE_HOME as: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_221</p>
  
  <p>I've set the path, tried to find a change in the Project structure</p>
  
  <p>COMPLETE ERROR MESSAGE:</p>
  
  <pre><code>H:\087-JAVA\HelloWorld\src&gt;java com.codewithmosh.Main
  Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again
  Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/codewithmosh/Main has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 57.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0
          at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
          at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
          at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
          at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
          at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
          at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
          at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
          at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
          at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
          at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
          at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
          at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
          at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(Unknown Source)
  </code></pre>