Guest Mars Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 For some reason I am unable to install a Java application in Windows XP pro. http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~jwo/landserf/ is the application I wish to run. Every time I try to install this application, windows tells me it is unable to recognize this file and and can't even figure out what a .jar file installer is. I am sure I have installed java applications before in windows, infact I have this very application installed on a different Windows XP Pro computer. I have tried several different downloads, and the downloaded file is not corrupt. What else do I need to install in Windows so I can install java applications? I have all the latest XP updates installed, thank you, mars
Guest Daave Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: Trying to Install a Java Application Mars wrote: > For some reason I am unable to install a Java application in Windows > XP pro. > > http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~jwo/landserf/ is the application I wish > to run. > > Every time I try to install this application, windows tells me it is > unable to recognize this file and and can't even figure out what a > .jar file installer is. > > I am sure I have installed java applications before in windows, > infact I have this very application installed on a different Windows > XP Pro computer. > > I have tried several different downloads, and the downloaded file is > not corrupt. > > What else do I need to install in Windows so I can install java > applications? Perhaps you need the most recent version of Java installed (Version 6, Update 2). If you don't have that version, uninstall the version of Java you *do* have, then go to this Web page to download the latest version: http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp If you still have issues, see "Top Reported Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) Issues" at: http://www.java.com/en/download/faq/top_issues.xml Finally, after downloading and installing, you may or may not need to tweak some settings. Assuming you're running Internet Explorer, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced Make sure that the box next to Java (Sun) is checked and the box next to Microsoft VM: Java Console enabled is unchecked. HTH. -- Dave
Guest Mars Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: Trying to Install a Java Application Thanks, that was the link I needed! I don't ever remember downloading Java runtime before. I had thought it was part of Windows install and updates. Ahh but that was the magical link I was searching for! When I was searching through the Microsoft site under "running java on XP" , "necessary components for Java on XP" I kept getting links to Virtual Java SDK's and such. Ahh, now I can run my Java Apps in bliss! Thank you "Daave" wrote: > Mars wrote: > > For some reason I am unable to install a Java application in Windows > > XP pro. > > > > http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~jwo/landserf/ is the application I wish > > to run. > > > > Every time I try to install this application, windows tells me it is > > unable to recognize this file and and can't even figure out what a > > .jar file installer is. > > > > I am sure I have installed java applications before in windows, > > infact I have this very application installed on a different Windows > > XP Pro computer. > > > > I have tried several different downloads, and the downloaded file is > > not corrupt. > > > > What else do I need to install in Windows so I can install java > > applications? > > Perhaps you need the most recent version of Java installed (Version 6, > Update 2). If you don't have that version, uninstall the version of Java > you *do* have, then go to this Web page to download the latest version: > > http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp > > If you still have issues, see "Top Reported Java 2 Runtime Environment > (JRE) Issues" at: > > http://www.java.com/en/download/faq/top_issues.xml > > Finally, after downloading and installing, you may or may not need to > tweak some > settings. Assuming you're running Internet Explorer, go to > > Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > > Make sure that the box next to Java (Sun) is checked and the box next to > Microsoft VM: Java Console enabled is unchecked. > > HTH. > > -- > Dave > > >
Guest Daave Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: Trying to Install a Java Application Mars wrote: > Thanks, that was the link I needed! > > I don't ever remember downloading Java runtime before. I had thought > it was part of Windows install and updates. > > Ahh but that was the magical link I was searching for! When I was > searching through the Microsoft site under "running java on XP" , > "necessary components for Java on XP" I kept getting links to Virtual > Java SDK's and such. > > Ahh, now I can run my Java Apps in bliss! > > Thank you You're welcome.
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