Re: Cannot uninstall previous versions of Java 2

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Thanks for your feedback. when you say "\%systemroot%\", is that the
equivalent of "c:\"? How does one delete registration keys, through
regedit? Is there any potential gotchas to watch out for? Playing with
the registry makes me a little nervous.

And, lastly, does this instruction delete all previous versions of the
JVM or do you have to delete them one at a time as you would with
Add/Remove programs? I also have the current JVM now installed and hope
that wouldn't remove this JVM...

Unk wrote:
On 8 Jul 2006 20:55:24 -0700, "Uncle Scotty" <scottspiegler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

When I try to uninstall various components of JAVA 2 v 1.4.2_0x, I get
the following error message:

Error 1316. A network error occurred while attempting
to read from the file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\Java 2 Runtime Environment,
SE v 1.4.2_03.msi

These are the various installed components that I want to get rid of
since I know have v 1.5 installed on my machine and want to use that
RE:

Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v 1.4.2_03
Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v 1.4.2_09
JAVA 2 SDK, SE v 1.4.2_09

Any help as to how to remove them from my computer?

Thanks, Scott

To remove the Microsoft JVM, perform the following steps:

Copy and paste the below line into the Start, Run box:

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection java.inf,UnInstall

Click Yes to the confirmation, then select Reboot.
After the machine restarts, delete the following items:
1 - the \%systemroot%\java folder
2 - java.pnf from the \%systemroot%\inf folder
3 - jview.exe and wjview.exe from the \%systemroot%\system32 folder
4 - The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Java VM registry subkey
5 - The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\JAVA_VM registry
subkey (to remove the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) options)

Microsoft Java is now removed.

You can download Sun's newer JVM for Windows at http://java.sun.com/getjava/index.html.

.

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