Thanks for the reply, Chris. Copying over a working install's folder and
running the .bat works fabulously. Thanks!!! -Mark
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Chris Betts <pega...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> I don't know why the installer is failing (it's a commercial product;
> usually pretty solid - but not our code :-) ). Windows installers have
> always been a bit of a black art to me... I suspect some subtle problem in
> identifying the java home directory.
>
> That said, if you have a working install you should be able to just
> copy over the jxplorer/ directory and use the jxplorer.bat file to start?
> (or set up the windows short cut yourself - it really just runs the batch
> file... )
>
> Anyone else seen this?
>
> - Chris
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 4:16 AM, mark bramer <mark.bra...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> I'm a big fan of jXplorer and been using it for a while now with no
>> problems. I'm having a new problem I've never seen before and I'm pulling
>> my hair out.
>>
>> I've installed jX on many machines, some 32-bit, a few 64-bit, including
>> Windows 2008 R2. However, I'm on a Win2k8R2 box and I can't install it and
>> have no idea why. I've tried to mirror another Win2k8R2 box on which
>> jXplorer is running just fine. I'm running JDK 6 update 25 on both
>> machines, including having installed a public JRE. Machine 1 has jXplorer
>> running fine, machine 2 I can't even install it. I get the splash screen
>> then this error: "The installer could not find a valid Java(tm) on this
>> machine. Supported versions: Vendor: Any min. 1.5.0 max. any"
>>
>> Interesting side note... at one point, when I had forgotten jXplorer was
>> working on machine 1, I thought perhaps jXplorer needed a 32-bit Java, so I
>> installed one (just a JRE). *I could successfully install jXplorer*.
>> However, I think this 32-bit Java is creating completely unrelated problems
>> with things other than jXplorer, so I took it off. I removed all Java and
>> re-installed JDK 6 update 25 to get back to a fresh state. This is when my
>> install problems began again (I say "again" since it's the same problem I
>> had when I originally went down the path of installing the 32-bit Java).
>>
>> Do you have any ideas what is going on here?
>>
>> If jXplorer truly did need a 32-bit Java, I could understand that. After
>> all, I was able to to install it on this problematic machine 2 when I did
>> install a JRE 32. But then the question is: why is it running on my other
>> 64 bit machine (machine 1)?
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>>
>> Mark Bramer
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Dr Christopher Betts
> Pegacat Software
> Melbourne, Australia
> m: 0408 533 456
>
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