[ jEdit-devel ] [ jedit-Bugs-432764 ] Prompted for Program to Open 'jedit.jar'

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Bugs item #432764, was updated on 2001-06-13 07:01
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Category: editor core
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Prompted for Program to Open 'jedit.jar'

Initial Comment:
I have been using jEdit 3.1 since its release, with 
the Java 2 SDK (1.3.0_02), and without problems 
(except for cursor positioning not being accurate). I 
am running Microsoft Windows NT (Service Pack 6a).

Yesterday, my system crashed while I was using Outlook 
2000 (SR-1). After I rebooted, I later tried to launch 
jEdit 1.3. (I was not running jEdit or any Java 
applications at the time of the crash.)

When I try to run jEdit, I get the "Open With..." box 
from the Windows OS, prompting me to "Click the 
program you want to use to open the file 'jedit.jar'. 
If the program you want is not in the list, click 
Other."

I am not sure if the problem is with jEdit 3.1 or if 
it is with Java itself on my computer, so I apologize 
if I am submitting a spurious bug.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Cordially,

David

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2001-06-13 08:44

Message:
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Hi, John.

Thnks very much for your prompt suggestion. Clearly, this 
situation is not a bug (for which I apologize).

I typed 'java' a the command prompt and got an error, so 
JAVA.EXE is no longer in my file search path. (I had 
already tried associating jEdit's '.jar' file 
with 'jedit.bat', but without any results.

I have downloaded the latest version of Java 2 from Sun's 
Web site and I will uninstall the previous version and 
install the newest one, to see if that attempt to solve the 
problem helps.

I apologize again for submitting a "non-bug"!

Thanks, again!

Cordially,

David

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Comment By: John Gellene (jgellene)
Date: 2001-06-13 07:15

Message:
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user_id=117073

It sounds like the condition causing the crash may have 
corrupted a file association set up for .jar files in the 
Windows shell. First make sure that your Java interpreter 
(java.exe) is still on your file search path by 
typing 'java' at a command prompt.  Then look 
for 'jedit.bat' in your jEdit installation directory and 
run that to load jEdit.  You can use that until you fix the 
file association.

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