Trying to Install a Java Application

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Mars

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
 
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
 
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
>
>
>
 
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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