Posted April 16, 200816 yr Administrator When you click the "Remove Older Versions" button, does this run a silent uninstall command line switch or what method does it use?
April 16, 200816 yr When you click the "Remove Older Versions" button, does this run a silent uninstall command line switch or what method does it use? No, it does not use the JRE un-installer at all. I can add that, but I believe my way is a bit faster. It is a method that compares folder names and removes the older versions. A message box will pop up and tell you which folders were removed. :hmm:
April 16, 200816 yr I'd say that's a good thing, since the JRE uninstaller doesn't work very well. I've had it fail completely, and even when it succeeds it leaves a lot of junk behind.
April 16, 200816 yr Author Administrator I would think it would be best to try and do a proper uninstall first, then remove all other traces. Much like what they suggest is done with Norton/Symantec products (last I read).
April 17, 200816 yr I tried it without running the uninstaller first, found I still needed to run the uninstaller as update 5 was still in the add/remove list. So apparently you're right, though it still worked the other way around.
April 18, 200816 yr I tried it without running the uninstaller first, found I still needed to run the uninstaller as update 5 was still in the add/remove list. So apparently you're right, though it still worked the other way around. That is a missed registry key that should be fixed in 1.05.
April 18, 200816 yr I tried it without running the uninstaller first, found I still needed to run the uninstaller as update 5 was still in the add/remove list. So apparently you're right, though it still worked the other way around. That is a missed registry key that should be fixed in 1.05. That's good to hear, it'll be a time saver to be able to completely remove the old Java versions with JavaRa.
May 6, 200816 yr Just wonder if I can run JavaRa silently to remove every old java from a machine? Antonio
July 9, 200816 yr I tried it without running the uninstaller first, found I still needed to run the uninstaller as update 5 was still in the add/remove list. So apparently you're right, though it still worked the other way around. That is a missed registry key that should be fixed in 1.05. I did the same thing as Prm753, ran JavaRa version 1.08 yesterday without running the uninstaller that came with Java and found that i still had to go into add/remove to remove java 6 update6 from the list.
July 9, 200816 yr Expect JavaRa 1.09 to be released around the coming weekend. We hope to have addressed several small problems in that release :)
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