Problem with JVM after installing/ uninstalling MS VS.NET

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Minouche - 13 May 2004 21:04 GMT

Hi. I installed Microsoft Visual Studio.NET on my machine for a class
I was taking. For 4 months I put up with it overriding (if that's the
term) my JVM. Whenever I visited a website that required Java, I
received the Install on Demand dialog telling me that I don't have the
JVM. I tried recommended ways to fix the problem, but none worked, so
I uninstalled VS.NET since the class is over. I still get the Install
on Demand message. I try to download the JVM, but I am redirected to a
web page with a message from Microsoft saying that the page cannot be
viewed b/c I have no JVM.

Can someone tell me how to get my JVM back? Thanks! Jennifer

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Andrew Thompson - 14 May 2004 06:50 GMT

> Hi. I installed Microsoft Visual Studio.NET on my machine for a class
> I was taking. For 4 months I put up with it overriding (if that's the
> term) my JVM.

Ouch!

>..Whenever I visited a website that required Java, I
> received the Install on Demand dialog telling me that I don't have the
> JVM. I tried recommended ways to fix the problem, but none worked,

Unfortunaley that is a bit vague, there are a
myriad of things that can go wrong and a slew
of fixes for them.

Do you have URL's describing what you did?

>..so
> I uninstalled VS.NET since the class is over. I still get the Install
> on Demand message.

Of the MSVM, or the sun VM? What are two
(applet) URL's where this has happended?

Were they using <object><embed> or
<applet> tags?

>..I try to download the JVM, but I am redirected to a
> web page with a message from Microsoft saying that the page cannot be
> viewed b/c I have no JVM.
>
> Can someone tell me how to get my JVM back? Thanks! Jennifer

I can. There are also lots of other pages
that I can refer you for testing, but I think
we need to know more before we *should* go sending
you off into a plethora of possibilities.

One last question. Did you ever run 'unmsvm.exe'
on your system? It was intended to remove the MSVM
but did a very poor job of it, giving symptoms
*similar* to what you describe.

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Minouche - 14 May 2004 15:25 GMT

Thanks, Andrew. I will look into your questions tonight and post my
answers/urls. I am eager to have my java back. The thought just
occurred to me that I should also try running my own programs to see
what message I get, and also try javac at the command line.

> > Hi. I installed Microsoft Visual Studio.NET on my machine for a class
> > I was taking. For 4 months I put up with it overriding (if that's the
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> but did a very poor job of it, giving symptoms
> *similar* to what you describe.

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Andrew Thompson - 14 May 2004 15:42 GMT

> Thanks, Andrew. I will look into your questions tonight and post my
> answers/urls. I am eager to have my java back. The thought just
> occurred to me that I should also try running my own programs to see
> what message I get, and also try javac at the command line.

All right, a few URL's you might check to
give you ideas..

Thw 'wassup' applet..
<http://mindprod.com/wassup.html>
(System properties for the PC via applet)

My own 'browser version' page..
<http://www.physci.org/codes/jre.jsp>

JVMClean <http://www.physci.org/jvmclean.jsp>
has some handy diagnostic tests particularly
related to the MSVM. (That pages has further
details on the unmsvm.exe tool).

And.. <http://www.physci.org/ms/msclassfile.jsp>
Will quickly tell if the MSVM is selected by IE..
(If all the path/names are !/missing..
Sun VM is used)

HTH

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Minouche - 15 May 2004 15:58 GMT

Hi Andrew--
I reinstalled the JVM and everything seems to be working ok. I tested
it with the links in the physci.org and mindprod.com sites. I also
checked 2 pages that I could remember getting the error at. One
question-- do you think I should still run the unmsvm.exe tool that
you mentioned, just to be safe? Should I use the JVM clean that you
directed me to?
Thanks for all your help!!
Jennifer
P.S. This is a great help in general:
http://www.physci.org/jvmclean.jsp

> > Thanks, Andrew. I will look into your questions tonight and post my
> > answers/urls. I am eager to have my java back. The thought just
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>
> HTH

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Andrew Thompson - 15 May 2004 16:20 GMT

> One
> question-- do you think I should still run the unmsvm.exe tool that
> you mentioned, just to be safe?

LOL ..is that a *troll*?

I hope that tool has disappeared off
the face of the planet!

>...Should I use the JVM clean that you
> directed me to?

..it was developed by me as an alternative
to *breaking your system* with the unmsvm.exe.

Heck ..if those pages I wrote do not
convince you, I am doing something
very ..very wrong.

(scratches head.. mutternbg..)

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