What I think Bill is trying to suggest is that there is no way that any of us 
can give you a set of instructions to get you from where you are now to where 
you need to be if we don't know the current state of your J installation(s).

I suggested you start again, because then your devices will then be in a 
"known" state. If you explain carefully the steps that you take, what happens 
and what you think should have happened instead, and what bits you find 
confusing, then maybe we can work out what instructions you're misinterpreting 
or following incorrectly. I believe that will be much easier than trying to 
work out what the current states of your devices are.

You are worried that you'll end up in the same situation - that will only 
happen if you don't follow the instructions - files and shortcuts don't move by 
themselves! Worst case scenario you end up in the same situation!

Earlier Bill pointed you to a YouTube video that Brian Schott made showing how 
to install J on a Mac. Did you ever look at it?

> From: DIETER ENSSLEN
> 
> same situation in pocket pc as on MacBook Pro.
> 
> all I am looking for is that blue "J" I have on my notebook pc, like on
> all regular Apps on computers, I want to just click on it and I am away
> into it.

Note that:
a) the blue "J" is not available on Mac, only the red "J".
b) the "J" icon on the PocketPC is not the same "pretty" J icon that exists on 
the other devices.

If you follow the install instructions (especially Brian's YouTube 
instructions) hopefully you'll get there.

> But both on the MacBook Pro and the pocket pc's and smartphone I have
> lots of references to "J" all over the place, the MacBook Pro I finally
> got going today by finding something called J.jar and clicking on it.
> 
> On my small devices I usually find my way through:
> 
> settings, memory, running programs, J, and activate it.

It sounds like you are just switching to a current running J session rather 
than starting a J instance. This means if you restart your PocketPC, J will not 
be running and you will need to start a new instance of it by clicking on the 
appropriate shortcut, which may or may not now be working depending on what you 
have done.
 
> long term project i guess, by X mas i should have it.

There is no reason that this should take more than 5 minutes per device!
 
> It has been suggested that i delete and start over, I have no
> confidence I won't end up in the same little "mess"after all the
> erasing and starting over again.
> 
> then again, maybe I dshould just leave well enough alone and go with
> the flow.

Your call!

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