javac 1.4.0 throws exception on HelloWorld!

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I tried to type in HelloWorld and run javac HelloWorld.java and got this:

An exception has occurred in the compiler (1.4.0). Please file a bug at the Java
Developer Connection (http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi) after checkin
g the Bug Parade for duplicates. Include your program and the following diagnost
ic in your report. Thank you.
java.lang.InternalError: jzentry == 0,
jzfile = 7899520,
total = 8392,
name = i:\j2sdk_forte\jdk1.4.0\jre\lib\rt.jar,
i = 3077,
message = invalid LOC header (bad signature)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile$2.nextElement(ZipFile.java:303)
at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.code.ClassReader.openArchive(ClassReader.java:
917)
at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.code.ClassReader.list(ClassReader.java:1121)
at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.code.ClassReader.listAll(ClassReader.java:1242
)
at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.code.ClassReader.fillIn(ClassReader.java:1260)

at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.code.ClassReader.complete(ClassReader.java:980
)
at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.code.Symbol.complete(Symbol.java:375)
at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.comp.Enter._case(Enter.java:468)
at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.tree.Tree$TopLevel.visit(Tree.java:382)
at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.comp.Enter.classEnter(Enter.java:440)
at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.comp.Enter.classEnter(Enter.java:454)
at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.comp.Enter.main(Enter.java:579)
at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.JavaCompiler.compile(JavaCompiler.java:376)
at com.sun.tools.javac.v8.Main.compile(Main.java:526)
at com.sun.tools.javac.Main.compile(Main.java:32)
at com.sun.tools.javac.Main.main(Main.java:23)

[Steve W. Jackson]

In article <45b780c3.02032...@posting.google.com>,
ack9...@yahoo.com (') wrote:

:> I tried to type in HelloWorld and run javac HelloWorld.java and got this:

Call this a wild guess -- but I'd say you have one or more corrupted
files and may want to reinstall 1.4.

= Steve =
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Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama