This would make a good entry in the FAQ. -todd
Quoting Dave Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > webinstall.exe only accepts 1.4.x JRE. Maybe that should be changed but, > until it is, you won't be able to install freenet that way. > Of course, you could just hack your registry and it will just work: > > After installing JRE 1.5 (or whatever JRE you want to use) create this key: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.4 > > and copy everything from > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.5.1_5 (or > whatever it's called) > into ...\1.4 also. > > That will trick the installer into thinking the JRE is a 1.4 JRE. > > > Alternatively somebody could fix the installer. I don't think there are any > significant reasons why you can't just install a 1.4 JRE in the first > place... > > d > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gilles Gravier > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:11 AM > Subject: [freenet-support] Windows and JRE 1.5 > > > Hi! > > Just tried to install Freenet 5090 > (http://freenetproject.org/snapshots/freenet-webinstall.exe) on Windows XP... > with the latest JRE 1.5.0 installed. Unfortunately, the freenet installer > then complains that it can't find a suitable JRE to run with. > > Of course, I don't want to also install the 1.4.1 JRE... I want to stay > with 1.5.0 or better. > > Regards, > Gilles. > > -- > > Gilles Gravier = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = http://www.gravier.org/ > > ICQ : 77488526 | MSN Messenger : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype : ggravier | Y! : ggravier | AOL : gillesgravier > PGP Key ID : 0x8DE6D026 > > "Chastity is its own punishment." (Solomon Short) [David Gerrold] > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
