javaw.exe not found error

[Ed]

Hi all,

I'm running Windows 7 64-bit, and have been running RMIR successfully for a long time. Today I tried to fire up RMIR version 2.02 (I had not yet upgraded to the latest version), and got an error involving javaw.exe when I double-clicked the RMIR icon. I had this error once before, and when I did, I simply re-ran setup.vbs and all was well. This time it was not. Upon running setup.vbs, I got this error: "Program shortcuts were not created because javaw.exe was not found."

I decided now was as good a time as any to upgrade to RMIR version 2.03, build 8, so I downloaded the full build and double-clicked setup.vbs and got the same program shortcuts error above.

I've looked around a bit and haven't found any unresolved recent occurrences of this error. I suspect windows updated something recently and messed something up. Can anyone help me? I don't know how to run RMIR without the shortcuts.

Thanks,

Ed

[Ed]

Just a quick note to anyone looking into this: I went through the same routine on an older computer running Vista and everything worked fine. Something is different in Windows 7.

Thanks for any help.

Ed

[mdavej]

Reinstall java runtime and try the setup again.

Otherwise you can fix the shortcut manually by changing the Target to something like:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_31\bin\javaw.exe" -jar RemoteMaster.jar

using whatever the actual path to your latest javaw.exe is.

[Ed]

Hello again,

I solved my problem by installing Java manually. Something must have happened during the last update cycle, I have no idea what, but when I went here and followed instructions to manually install, all was well.

https://www.java.com/en/download/help/w ... wnload.xml

After installing Java, I ran setup and the shortcuts were created successfully. I fired up RMIR and it seems to be working fine.

Ed

[Ed]

Thanks mdavej. Our posts must have crossed in the ether!

Ed