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dropper

Thu 14 Jun 2012 - 00:10

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I have installed JRE 7 Update 5 as described on the website winPenPack and Java in the section named "Special instances and Update". On my host PC I have additionally installed JRE 6 Update 33.

When I take a look via the button Firefox -> Add-ons, I could detect, that both JRE (6u33 and 7u5) was activated. Also I go into about:config and set plugin.expose_full_path to "true". Then I go into about:plugins. It will show me the full paths of both JRE (6u33 and 7u5) and so I can see which version/location is being used.

My question is therefore, which JRE (6u33 or 7u5) is actually used by the X-Firefox browser and how can I verify this?

[ Edited Thu 14 Jun 2012 - 14:56 ]

dropper

Thu 14 Jun 2012 - 16:59

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In the meantime I have found a solution to my problem. This issue occurs always in connection with the visit of the website -Link-

. On this website I have tried in vain to connect me with the game server for backgammon. The connection to this game server will use the JRE. However this does not work with JRE 6 Update 33. With the JRE 7 Update 5 the connection works fine. For this reason I have disabled the JRE 6 Update 33 in the Firefox browser (via the button Firefox -> Add-ons). Because of these findings it is near for me to assume that in the event of activation of both the JRE 6 Update 33 and JRE 5 Update 7 the Firefox browser apparently uses the JRE 6 Update 33.

[ Edited Thu 14 Jun 2012 - 17:06 ]

zandet2

Thu 14 Jun 2012 - 17:23

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Hi dropper,
I always use the official java test page to verify the version active.

On my business pc I have both installed JRE6 and portable (JRE7) versions of Java. I'm using the latest X-Firefox 13, distributed with the new 1.5.0 launcher that can detect the version of the installed Java and the portable Java, and tell to X-Firefox to use the more updated ; so on my addons page I see only the JRE7.

dropper

Thu 14 Jun 2012 - 17:51

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This is an interesting information. However as I mentioned in my original message, in the Addon Manager of X-Firefox 13.0 will appears both JRE (6u33 and 7u5). So I have no other option than to disable the JRE 6 Update 33.

What for a OS do you use?

zandet2

Thu 14 Jun 2012 - 19:45

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dropper wrote ...

What for a OS do you use?

XP Pro SP3

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