Getting rid of Sun's Java J2SE

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Have you tried control panel>add or remove programs?

It's showing up as a program i can remove on that list on my computer.


"DustyB" <pc_phixer@innerDROPTHISlodge.com> wrote in message
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> G'day all; some time back, in a moment of apparently utter stupidity, I
> downloaded and installed the latest version of Sun's Java product.
>
> Now, as I'm trying to trace some system problems back, I've come up to the
> place where I installed it...and can't seem to get rid of the darn thing.
> Does anybody reading here have any idea of how to best rip that thing out
> by the roots?
>
>
> TIA,
> Dusty
>

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Hello Jack & all;

"Jack Handey" <nothere@overthere.com> wrote in message
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> Have you tried control panel>add or remove programs?
>
> It's showing up as a program i can remove on that list on my computer.
Tried that first. Found:
"J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4". Clicked on "Remove", and it sez:
"Error 1606. Could not access network location %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start
Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\".

So, following some other instructions, I ended up creating that entry. And
it still won't let me delete it.

In fact, it wuz just for such a similar problem with installing another
program file that I'm on this path to begin with. Now, hours & days later,
I'm no closer, and not getting it done any better.

At any rate, I'm about to launch on your path of "hunt 'em down &
exterminate 'em one-by-one". I guess I wuz just hopin' that there was a
cleaner, easier method. Now all I've got to do is find somebody big, ugly,
and nasty; so I can have 'em kick my butt up between my shoulder blades if I
even so much as _think_ about installing Java again...<big sigh!>

Thanks for your tip, Jack.


L8r all,
Dusty
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One other dumb thought here before you have to get drastic with it. See if
you can't reinstall it then see if it will let you do an uninstall. A fresh
install might correct whatever it is that won't let uninstall it from the
add/remove programs area.

"DustyB" <pc_phixer@innerDROPTHISlodge.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Jack & all;
>
> "Jack Handey" <nothere@overthere.com> wrote in message
> news:uDiZmrSnFHA.708@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Have you tried control panel>add or remove programs?
>>
>> It's showing up as a program i can remove on that list on my computer.
> Tried that first. Found:
> "J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4". Clicked on "Remove", and it sez:
> "Error 1606. Could not access network location %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start
> Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\".
>
> So, following some other instructions, I ended up creating that entry.
> And it still won't let me delete it.
>
> In fact, it wuz just for such a similar problem with installing another
> program file that I'm on this path to begin with. Now, hours & days
> later, I'm no closer, and not getting it done any better.
>
> At any rate, I'm about to launch on your path of "hunt 'em down &
> exterminate 'em one-by-one". I guess I wuz just hopin' that there was a
> cleaner, easier method. Now all I've got to do is find somebody big,
> ugly, and nasty; so I can have 'em kick my butt up between my shoulder
> blades if I even so much as _think_ about installing Java again...<big
> sigh!>
>
> Thanks for your tip, Jack.
>
>
> L8r all,
> Dusty
> ...
>

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"Jack Handey" <nothere@overthere.com> wrote in message
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> One other dumb thought here before you have to get drastic with it. See if
> you can't reinstall it then see if it will let you do an uninstall. A
> fresh install might correct whatever it is that won't let uninstall it
> from the add/remove programs area.
Good point, Jack. While I don't relish either the 130+MB download or the
thought of installing that odious program, that sounds like an interesting
option...

Thanks!

Dusty
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