[Dolby]

Although Minion should run on its own version of Java because it runs inside a JVM there might be an issue when launching it using the java -jar with your installed version of "java.runtime.version=1.8.0_20-b26". The error it is showing is fairly strange as its pointing to some xml that is commented out so that points me to an issue with launching it with java 1.8.

What happens if you un-install all versions of java on your system (there can be more than one install) and try to launch Minion? I am wondering if some how the current installed version of java on your system is having some sort of effect? Minion is packaged with its own Java 1.7 that the Java Virtual Machine should run.

I've also seen where some systems although 64bit force java to run at 32bit. So you could try downloading and installing the 32bit version. The link should be under the big green download button for 32bit.

The alpha version will not fix your issue, that is for people that have a messed up localhost.