Bugs item #705349, was opened at 2003-03-17 17:18
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Category: Other
Group: Ugly
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Hal Perkins (hperkins)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: trouble launching drjava after windows java upgrade
Initial Comment:
This is probably a bug in Sun's JDK installer, but I've
had similar reports from students, so it may be worth
documenting, even if nothing can be done.
Environment: Windows XP pro, JDK 1.3.1, 1.4.0, 1.4.1,
DrJava versions: several of the recent stable builds.
Symptom: Double-clicking the drjava.jar file doesn't
launch and brings up the "select program to open"
dialog box. javaw is not listed in the initial dialog that
pops up and browsing to javaw.exe and opening it is
apparently ignored - it still doesn't appear on the list,
and can't be selected.
I managed to reproduce this, twice, when trying to
upgrade one machine from jdk 1.3.1_03 to 1.4.1_02 and
another one from 1.4.0_03 to 1.4.1_02. Steps:
- Install a different version of the jdk (1.4.1_02) on a
machine with a previous version installed (1.3.1 or 1.4.0).
- Delete the previous version leaving just 1.4.1_02. At
that point double-clicking a jar file won't launch it, and
javaw can't be selected to launch it.
The only workaround I've discovered is to completely
delete everything related to Java, including java web
start, and reinstall the latest version. (It may be
necessary to select javaw the first time a .jar file is
double-clicked, but javaw is available in the list and can
be selected.) Deleting the jdk and jre and reinstalling
those is not enough - if java web start is left on the
machine, the problem remains.
Again, likely to be a sun installer/uninstaller bug, but if
someone can figure out what's happening, that'd be
great.
Hal
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