Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!cs.uu.nl!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Nasser M. Abbasi" Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: do Firefox and chrome support JDK 7 U 10 for applets? Unable to run applets Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:08:16 -0600 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 72 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: nma@12000.org NNTP-Posting-Host: 2CibzTqnux2ggoH9QofcGw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:21248 fyi, In the control panel, in the Java 32 icon, it says: ------------------- platform: 1.7 product: 1.7.0_10 locationL: http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe enabled: true --------------------------------- Security is medium and enable java content in browser is checked on On 1/9/2013 3:56 AM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote: > After spending 5 hrs on this, I give up. > > I can't run any applet in Firefox nor in chrome. > > Each time I try, browser tells me a plugin in missing > and sends me back to install jdk 7 u10, which I do, and > the same thing happens. Going in a cycle. > > Just wanted to find out if there are any issues with this. > > I can run applet in IE 9.0, which is strange. But not in firefox > and not in chrome. > > Here is my setup: > windows 7, SP1, 64 bit OS. Tried Firefox 18.0 (latest) > and chrome (latest) > > I made sure that the 32 bit JDK is installed > > jdk-7u10-windows-i586.exe > > I tried many things. I uninstalled all java, rebooted, installed > the above again. Closed all the browser, start again. Each time, > the same thing happens, the browser tells me I am missing > a plugin when I try to run an applet, and it sends me back oracle > web site to download and install JRE 1.7 u10, which I do have > already installed: > > C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_10 > C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7 > > I go inside Firefox tools-addons, and I see it is enabled. it says > > "java deployment toolkit 10.10.2.18 7.0.100.18 > NPRuntime script plugin library for Java deploy) > last updated wed January 9 213." > > and it is enabled. > > I also tried JDK 7 u10 64 bit, > > jdk-7u10-windows-x64.exe > > and also the same problem. rebooted, everything, keep getting > the missing plugin error from Firefox and Chrome. > > So I have no idea what to try next. Chrome same problem. Will not > run any applets, keep sending me to install the same JDK. > > What should I try next? if you like more information, please let me > know. > > thanks, > --Nasser >