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demonachizer
Aug 7, 2004


I have been trying to figure out what the gently caress is going on with the new JRE and my environment. If I install Java 7 Update 11 or 15 overtop of existing java installs then everything is fine. If I uninstall all previous versions all of a sudden java no longer launches for any applets in IE. It doesn't matter the install/uninstall order and has been happening on any machines I try. I am using the offline installer if that matters.

Just wondering if any of you have run into this in recent weeks.

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Belial42
Feb 28, 2007

The Sleeper must awaken...with a damn fine can of Georgia coffee.


How are you uninstalling Java? I've had good luck recently deploying this script through PDQDeploy.

demonachizer
Aug 7, 2004


Belial42 posted:

How are you uninstalling Java? I've had good luck recently deploying this script through PDQDeploy.

Weird thing is that it doesn't matter how I uninstall. I wrote an uninstall batch very similar to that one, did manual uninstalls, used a vbscript uninstall I found and no matter what it just stops working if I uninstall all versions then install 7u11 or 7u15. Tomorrow I will try an earlier version of 7 to see if it still fucks up.

Megiddo
Apr 27, 2004

Unicorns bite, but their bites feel GOOD.

Is the plugin/add-on actually installed? I had issues starting with Java 7u1, where Java was not adding itself to the %PATH% environment variable and was failing to automatically register the plugin with IE (it would prompt users for elevation when opening IE). Are you having either or both of those issues, too?

The way I fixed the path issue was to manually add the jre path to %PATH% with SETX. The plugin issue was an easy fix after realizing I could get the command it was running on the elevation prompt by clicking the show details arrow. The command was something like [java path]\bin\ssvagent.exe -new -high -regdeploy for the new java plugin. I work tonight so I'll double check (after deploying 7u15 ).

edit:

Yep, it's "C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\ssvagent.exe" -new -high -regdeploy

Megiddo fucked around with this message at Feb 25, 2013 around 12:34

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