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Re: Can't run Olivier's Java programs
From: Aubrey O?Callaghan
Date: 2004 Mar 19, 14:13 +0000
From: Aubrey O?Callaghan
Date: 2004 Mar 19, 14:13 +0000
Jim, I have Java installed as it loads when using Opera browser. By the way an excellent browser, but that's another story. I opened a dos window with cmd in start|Run. Then I went to the directory where it as installed and then in the dos window typed celest.bat and typed J. Up came the window through java script. If this doesn't work you can download java from the SUN website:http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html Aubrey. If this does At 13:01 19-03-04, Jim Thompson wrote: >I thought I understood computers, but... > >I downloaded the correct Sun JRE version and installed it using the Windows >Installer kernel. The installation failed once, and then ran fine second >time. Window's logs confirm the successful installation. > >I unzipped Olivier's package into a custom D: drive directory and ran >celest.bat. The DOS window appears. When I type J/Enter, I get this error >message: "'java' is not recognized as an internal or external command, >operable program or batch file". > >Windows XP Home >Fast machine, lots of RAM > >I tried googling around about installing the Java environment, and I tried >searching through windows on my machine to see if the Java environment is >mentioned anywhere, but came up dry. > >Internet Explorer's java security settings are on "high", but I can't see >that affecting a java program running on my machine. > >Thoughts, anyone? Thanks. > >Jim Thompson >jim2@jimthompson.net >www.jimthompson.net >Outgoing mail scanned by Norton Antivirus >-----------------------------------------
