Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder.news-service.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Applet can't detect 64-bit JRE Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:00:37 -0700 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <7NOdnY4GqoJGENHTnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@westnet.com.au> Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: RCd/Ul4tyxGUBII8WGwa5g.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:7198 On Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:58:11 +1000, "Qu0ll" wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >I have been using a locally-deployed applet for some time with 32-bit Java 6 >on the client and it has been working fine. Since upgrading the client to >64-bit Java 7 I find that the applet cannot detect that Java is installed >and insists on downloading and installing a 32-bit JRE. I have since >discovered that the same thing happens even I downgrade to 64-bit Java 6. If you have a 64-bit browser it looks for a 64-bit JRE. IF you have a 3.2-bit browser, it looks for a 32-bit JRE. that is why I have a 32-bit JRE and 64-bit JDK installed. -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com Most of computer code is for telling the computer what do if some very particular thing goes wrong.