So, if you’ve been getting that dreaded Java 6 error, here’s how to get past it! You’ll need to download shimejiee–it’s shimeji, but updated a little and in English!

http://kilkakon.com/shimeji/index.php

For my example, I’m going to be using Snivy-Tsutarja by Reshidove on deviantArt.

Once you download that and downloaded your sadly non-functional shimeji, here’s how to get your little desktop cutie back up and running!

You extract shimeji-ee, find the img folder, and open that…

Make a new folder inside it, you’ll find folders like [shimeji] with the default white blobby shimeji, make your own for your character, Tsutarja in this case!

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What you’re going to do is basically move the contents (only the actual images, not the folder!) from the img folder of your sad Shimeji, and drop them into your new folder!

Then, you run shimeji-ee and right-click the icon to see the settings.

Click “Settings”!

Select “Choose Shimeji…”

It’s here!!! Select your image set (named the same name as the file you copied the images to, “Tsutarja” in our example!). Tick the box, then click “Use Selected.” Untick the default shimeji if you don’t want it around… ^^;;

And that’s it! Watch your shimeji, swing them into the air, toss them at the sides of your computer screen to watch them climb, or just let them roam around and do their own thing… or right-click the taskbar icon to control their behaviour more!

Enjoy.