On Windows 7 64-bit the MMOUI Minion-installer automatically selects the 64-bit Java (C:\Program Files\Java\jre6).
In the drop down menu you can change this to the 32-bit version (C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6).
Then continue the installation.
This did the trick here
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