Sun's installers typically copy a java.exe and javaw.exe into C:\WINNT\system32 on NT. This is in addition to the location you told the installer to install to. The installer doesn't tell you it does this, but I think the reason is to make sure the java.exe gets in your PATH, since the system32 folder is in everyone's PATH by default on Windows. Anyway, if you have more than one JVM on your system, or you install a new one, this JVM in your PATH is picked up first, but it may have problems because the registry points to a newer or older JRE, which is how it finds its runtime libraries, etc.
So, what often works is to delete the java.exe and javaw.exe from C:\WINNT\system32. Another option is to put your JRE_HOME\bin or JAVA_HOME\bin ahead of C:\WINNT\system32 in your PATH. Scott Stirling > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruno.Konik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 3:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: problems using ant1.5 and jre1.4.1 on NT > > > I was using jre1.3.1 and ant1.5 : everything worked well. Now I > use jre1.4.1 > (I changed JAVA_HOME) and I get an error trying to launch a Swing > application : "problems loading c:\winnt\system32\ddraw.dll". Any ideas? > > Thanks > > Bruno -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
