Technical question about JDK 6

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Ewald Horn

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Oct 4, 2011, 3:31:08 AM10/4/11

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Hi,

while reading through the release notes for NetBeans 71. Beta, I found
the following information interesting :

"The NetBeans IDE 7.1 Beta installation wizard does not start properly
(hangs). After the user stops the installation process manually, and
the installer reports that another installer instance is running.

Description: On Windows, when JDK6 is used by default and large
zip files are stored on the desktop, the installation wizard does not
start properly (hangs). After the user stops the installation process
manually, and the installer reports that another installer instance is
running.

Workaround: Before the installation, remove all big zip files from
the desktop."

(http://netbeans.org/community/releases/71/relnotes.html)

My question is this : What in the world does having large ZIP files on
my desktop have to do with the installation process? More
importantly, why is the installer snooping in my ZIP files? Or am I
missing something here? This is interesting, as it could have an
impact on installations of my own software as it makes use of a
similar installer in Windows environments, also on JDK 6.