Strange JDK 1.4.2 installation problem

M

Michel

I am able to install the 1.4.2_02-b03 JRE package on Windows 2000 Pro
(SP4).

However, the 1.4.2_02-b03 SDK package does not install: some way through
the process (the file copy stage) a modal dialog is displayed:

"Warning - Java(TM) Update
---------------------------
Java(TM) Update (1.4.2_02-b03) cannot be installed on this machine
because the Java(TM) Virtual Machine is currently running.

Please close all running Java(TM) applications, especially browsers.
---------------------------
Retry Cancel
---------------------------"

and when Cancel is clicked, the main MSI installer program displays an
Error 1722 modal dialog ("A program failed to execute blah blah...") and
the main MSI program announces installation has failed, nothing has been
installed, and so on.

No JVM is running.

The MSI log in the temp directory displays

"Error 1722.There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A
program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact
your support personnel or package vendor. Action patchsdk, location:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Update\Base
Images\j2sdk1.4.2-b28\patch-j2sdk1.4.2_02-b03\patchsdk.exe, command: -s
"C:\Programs\Java\SDK\"
=== Logging stopped: 06/11/2003 23:53:02 ===
"

Examination of the installation directory (C:\Programs\Java\SDK in my
case) shows that program files have been copied (and it looks complete),
but the Java applet in the Control Panel does not show that the JRE in
the SDK directory has been registered as a JRE choice (normally it is in
the drop-down list of available JREs). The Windows registry has not be
updated to show these choices.

So what can I do? Both 1.4.2_01 SDK and 1.4.2_02 SDK show this problem;
1.4.2 (FCS) does *not*. The problem also occurs with the IFTW installers.

Any solutions?

Some have suggested that I just try installing the SDK in the default
path (C:\jdk_1.4.2_02), but I have that distaste for creating new
root-level folders, I usually install programs in folders off
c:\programs. Much neater.

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