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Loial

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Apr 15, 2013, 11:05:47 AM4/15/13
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I have an old 3rd party application that requires Java 6. I have both Java 6 and 7 installed and enabled on Windows(according to Control Panel...Java). When I run the app it says it needs Java 6, but also says that the older version is not installed on my computer, which is not true.

How can I allow this application to still use Java 6 whilst still allowing all other application to use Java 7?

Any help appreciated

Daniel Pitts

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Apr 15, 2013, 12:35:29 PM4/15/13
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You will likely need to mess with environment variables that are set
when the application starts, such as JDK_HOME or JRE_HOME.

At the same time, I wouldn't trust a 3rd party application that can't
use newer Java versions.

Roedy Green

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Apr 15, 2013, 1:42:52 PM4/15/13
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On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:05:47 -0700 (PDT), Loial <jldun...@gmail.com>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

>How can I allow this application to still use Java 6 whilst still allowing =
>all other application to use Java 7?

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