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Every time I upgrade Java, things like the enterprise server break. As a user, I should not have to remember the arcane location of the JDK path in the Sun applications. If I update Java, Sun apps should be smart enough to find the new location. At the very least, the configuration file should be in the root directory, not hidden in C:\Program Files\Sun\jstudio_ent81\ide\etc\jstudio.conf, or C:\Program Files\netbeans-5.5\etc\netbeans.conf for example. Alternatively, the Java installer should be smart enough to search for Sun applications and fix them.
Jarome, Actually good point! I am not sure that it would ever been fixed by 100% in the installer. Nevertheless reassigning to the new installer engine. We can think about that in some time :) Frankly speaking the issue has a very simple solution on the OS level - using symlinks. Yes, it will not work for Windows`s FAT32:) But as the hard disks become more and more in size, FAT dies. NTFS does work fine for your enhancement. The other solution is always install Java at the same location.
When I install Java on Linux, it makes a symlink to a "latest" directory. The Windows version of Java does not! I have had problems getting symlinks to work reliably in Windows. Java does not update my Windows PATH either when it installs itself. Jim Rome
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