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Re: Can't get [any jar files] to run any more

From	Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Can't get [any jar files] to run any more
Date	2017-07-15 12:15 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2017-07-14 2:49 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 7/14/2017 2:02 PM, Rhino wrote:
>> There's no doubt that computers get messed up at times; I've seen the 
>> wrong program assigned to specific file types too very occasionally. :-)
> 
> Have you tried removing everything Java (I mean everything JDK and JRE)
> on the system and reinstall Java?
> 
I feel like that's how I got into this mess in the first place! :-)

I'm game to give it a try though. Before I do, let me run something past 
you (meaning everyone following this thread). I'm starting to think one 
or more environment variables are messed up. I made some changes to my 
environment variables a few days before this trouble started as a result 
of some *other* trouble I'd been having and Eclipse worked fine after 
that. It was only a few days later that this mysterious problem began. I 
assumed that meant the environment variables *couldn't* be at fault. But 
it occurs to me now that the problem began right after I rebooted 
Windows the first time after changing the environment variables. I 
normally just close the lid on my laptop at that end of my day rather 
than rebooting Windows so I only end up rebooting Windows a couple of 
times a month. I normally don't think of that much as it's never been a 
problem. Now I'm thinking that I messed up one or more of the 
environment variables and *this* is the actual cause of the problem! I 
just hadn't made the connection because of the delayed Windows reboot.

First of all, does that seem plausible? I'm afraid I've forgotten when 
environment variable changes come into effect: is it immediately after 
clicking on Apply as I'd thought or only after the next Windows reboot? 
If it's the latter, that may very well be the cause of my problem.

Second, if the environment variable change only takes effect after a 
Windows reboot, which variables might be the culprit? At this point, 
nearly two weeks after touching the environment variables in the first 
place, I've forgotten exactly which one(s) I adjusted. Can someone point 
me to material that tells me which ones are important and how they 
should be set for Windows 10 (64-bit) and an Eclipse that is Mars.2 or 
newer?

> Maybe even not just use Java's own uninstall, but use a tool like
> revo uninstaller to be sure that everything is gone before
> reinstalling.
> 
I'm not familiar with Revo uninstaller but I'll hunt it down and try
if someone tells me the environment variables aren't the likely source
of my problem. :-)

-- 
Rhino

Thread

Can't get Eclipse to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-13 09:33 -0400
  Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-07-13 10:28 -0400
    Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-13 11:26 -0400
      Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-07-13 16:02 -0400
        Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-13 17:10 -0400
          Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-13 18:11 -0400
            Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-07-13 18:13 -0400
              Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-13 18:56 -0400
                Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-07-13 19:23 -0400
                Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-13 22:36 -0400
                Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-07-13 22:44 -0400
                Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-14 13:53 -0400
                Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-07-14 14:53 -0400
                Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-07-14 19:18 +0000
            Re: Can't get [any jar files] to run any more Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2017-07-14 07:14 +0000
              Re: Can't get [any jar files] to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-14 14:02 -0400
                Re: Can't get [any jar files] to run any more Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 11:06 -0700
                Re: Can't get [any jar files] to run any more Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2017-07-14 14:49 -0400
                Re: Can't get [any jar files] to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-15 12:15 -0400
                Re: Can't get [any jar files] to run any more Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2017-07-15 19:52 +0000
                Re: Can't get [any jar files] to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-15 16:31 -0400
                Re: Can't get [any jar files] to run any more Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-17 06:04 -0700
                Success! [Was: Can't get [any jar files] to run any more] Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-18 06:33 -0400
                Success! [Was: Can't get [any jar files] to run any more] Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-18 06:27 -0400
            Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-14 05:23 -0700
          Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more v_borchert@despammed.com (Volker Borchert) - 2017-07-14 19:06 +0000
            Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-15 12:17 -0400
  Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2017-07-13 18:09 +0200
    Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-13 16:58 -0400
      Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2017-07-15 01:57 +0200
        Re: Can't get Eclipse to run any more Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> - 2017-07-15 12:01 -0400

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