It would be good if someone would get this into the Jmol wiki.
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Eric Martz <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Dear Pshemak,
>
> Thanks so much -- your suggestion enabled Java 7 update 65 to work
> with Jmol on my Windows 7 system.
>
> 1. I used Control Panel, Programs, Uninstall to uninstall the
> non-working Java 7 update 65.
>
> 2. Using the free Windows search program Agent Ransack (truly
> excellent, blows away Windows Explorer for finding system files), I
> located these:
>
> C:\Users\Eric Martz\AppData\Roaming\Oracle
> C:\ProgramData\Oracle
> C:\Users\Eric Martz\AppData\LocalLow\Sun
> C:\ProgramData\Sun
>
> I deleted all 4 of those directories and all their contents.
>
> 3. I went to java.com and downloaded the installer for Java 7 update
> 65, and installed it. Now Jmol_S works again.
>
> OTHER OBSERVATIONS
>
> After uninstalling Java 7 update 65, and installing Java 7, update
> 60, Jmol_S worked. I wondered if then upgrading to 65 would run
> Jmol_S. It did NOT.
>
> I have explained two ways to get Jmol to work again here:
>
> http://proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_and_enabling_Java#Windows
>
> -Eric
>
> At 7/25/14, you wrote:
> >I had similar problems (I reported them some time ago). They were
> >limited to one Windows machine (Win 7, Firefox, Chrome, IE) of 3 tried
> >(Win 7 and Win 8).
> >
> >My problem was with the update procedure. It was insufficient to
> >uninstall the old version, I had to delete (after uninstalling) all Java
> >directories (hiding under Oracle and even Sun Systems names in Users
> >directories).
> >
> >After clean up, it works fine.
> >
> >One curiosity: I have tested multiple Java applets (not just Jmol) and
> >only Jmol did not work for me (it never fully loaded to get to the
> >permission window, no error messages).
> >
> >Please report back if it work for you too.
> >
> >PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On 7/25/2014 7:26 PM, Eric Martz wrote:
> > > In Windows 7, my tests indicate that Java 7 update 65 does not work
> > > with the current Jmol_S, or recent 14.0.17 Jmol_S. However, update 60
> > > does work.
> > >
> > > Do others confirm this?
> > >
> > > Previous emails indicate that Java 7 update 65 runs Jmol applet in
> > > Windows 8 (Angel H), and that Java 8 runs Jmol applet (Henry R, OS
> > > not specified?).
> > >
> > > However, on Windows 7, when I upgraded Java 7 from 60 to 65 today, I
> > > could not get the current Jmol_S applet to work in IE 11, Firefox 31,
> > > or Chrome (current).
> > >
> > > I tested Jmol 14.2.3
> > > http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/jsmol/jsmol.htm?_USE=SIGNED
> > > and Jmol_S 14.0.17
> > > http://bioinformatics.org/firstglance/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1d66&JAVA
> > >
> > > Curiously, a very old old unsigned applet (11.4.RC3) worked in
> > > Firefox and Chrome (but not in IE).
> > > http://www.umass.edu/molvis/tutorials/dna/dnapairs.htm
> > >
> > > All the above test sites work fine with Java 7 update 65 on OS X
> > > (Mavericks) with Safari or Firefox.
> > >
> > > All the above test sites work fine with Java 7 update 65 on Windows
> > > XP in Firefox 31 or Internet Explorer 8.
> > >
> > > I then uninstalled Java from my Windows 7, downloaded and installed
> > > Java 7 update 60
> > > (x86 version).
> > >
> >
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase7-521261.html
> > > Everything worked again.
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
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