Bug in JDK 1.5 uninstaller

From: Roedy Green (see_at_mindprod.com.invalid)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 02:12:39 GMT

After 1.5.0 beta uninstall the Java Web Start control file:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application
Data\Java\Deployment\deployment.properties

looks like this.

deployment.javaws.jre.0.registered=true
deployment.javapi.jre.1.5.0.path=C:\\Program Files\\Java\\j2re1.5.0
deployment.javapi.jre.1.5.0.osarch=x86
deployment.javapi.jre.1.5.0.osname=Windows
deployment.javapi.jre.1.5.0.args=
deployment.javaws.jre.0.enabled=true
deployment.javaws.jre.0.location=http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se
deployment.javaws.jre.1.product=1.5.0-beta
deployment.javaws.jre.0.osarch=x86
deployment.javaws.jre.1.platform=1.5
deployment.javaws.jre.1.path=C:\\Program
Files\\Java\\j2re1.5.0\\bin\\javaw.exe
deployment.javaws.jre.1.osarch=x86
deployment.javaws.jre.0.path=C:\\Program
Files\\Java\\j2re1.4.2_04\\bin\\javaw.exe
deployment.javaws.jre.0.osname=Windows
deployment.javaws.jre.1.location=http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se
deployment.javaws.jre.1.enabled=true
deployment.javaws.jre.0.platform=1.4.2__04
deployment.javaws.jre.1.osname=Windows
deployment.javaws.jre.1.registered=true
deployment.logToFile=true
deployment.console.startup.mode=SHOW
deployment.proxy.bypass.local=false
deployment.javaws.whenInstall=2
javaplugin.exception=false
deployment.browser.vm.mozilla=true
deployment.system.tray.icon=true
deployment.javaws.splash.cache=C:\\Documents and
Settings\\Administrator\\Application
Data\\Sun\\Java\\Deployment\\javaws\\cache\\splashes\\splash.xml
javaplugin.jre.path=C:\\j2sdk1.4.2_04
deployment.javaws.player.bounds=506,299,510,505
javaplugin.console=show
deployment.javaws.viewer.bounds=0,0,699,549
deployment.browser.vm.netscape6=true
deployment.log=true
javaplugin.jre.version=1.4.2_04
deployment.cache.jarcompression=0
deployment.javaws.browser.path=E:\\Program Files\\Opera75\\opera.exe
deployment.javaws.traceFileName=C:\\temp\\log.txt
deployment.showConsole=true
deployment.javaws.proxy.setting=NONE
deployment.javaws.player.remoteURL.10=file://localhost/c:/com/mindprod/replicator/replicator/replicator.jnlp
deployment.javaws.player.remoteURL.11=http://mindprod.com/replicator/replicatorreceiver.jnlp
deployment.javaws.player.manager=0
deployment.javaws.player.remoteURL.12=file://localhost/c:/com/mindprod/replicator/replicator.jnlp
deployment.javaws.player.remoteURL.14=file://localhost/E:/mindprod/replicator/replicator.html
deployment.browser.vm.iexplorer=true
deployment.whenInstall=2
deployment.version=1.5.0
deployment.javaws.logFileName=C:\\temp\\log.txt
deployment.splash.index=C:\\Documents and
Settings\\Administrator\\Application
Data\\Sun\\Java\\Deployment\\cache\\javaws\\splash\\splash.xml
deployment.capture.mime.types=false
deployment.javaws.logToFile=true
deployment.javaws.version=javaws-1.4.2_04
deployment.javaws.proxy.httpproxyoverride=
deployment.proxy.type=0
javaplugin.proxy.usebrowsersettings=true
deployment.javaws.player.mode=1
deployment.javaws.showConsole=true
deployment.javaws.player.remoteURL.3=http://mindprod.com/webstart/esper.jnlp
javaplugin.jre.type=JDK
deployment.javaws.player.remoteURL.4=file://localhost/E:/mindprod/replicator/replicatorrecieverwebsite.jnlp
deployment.javaws.player.remoteURL.5=file://localhost/E:/mindprod/replicator/replicatorrecievertest.jnlp
deployment.javaws.player.remoteURL.6=file://localhost/E:/mindprod/replicator/replicatorreciever.jnlp
deployment.javaws.player.remoteURL.7=file://localhost/E:/mindprod/replicator/dummy.jnlp
deployment.javaws.player.remoteURL.8=file://localhost/E:/mindprod/replicator/replicatorreceiver.jnlp
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 The uninstaller needs to flip it back to one of the remaining JVMs.
Whenever I try to start Javaws.exe it complains it can't find 1.5.
I found I could clear up the junk by going into the Java control panel
and turning things off then on again. It is a generated file. 

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