Packaging Java Versions
Updated: 29 Jul 2010 | 3 comments
Last week I was in Connecticut visiting a company that has several Connect members. I was invited to create a package with an Internet Explorer that needed a special Java version.
The image the customer used had Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Java version 1.5-15 installed for their application.
The customer wanted to upgrade the Java version to 1.6 because some applications needed that.
How I solved the problem:
- I uninstalled the Java version 1.5-15 local installed.
- Then I created an SVS package with that Java version.
- Inside the package I created a folder named c:\program files\passport explorer. Inside that folder I copied the standard iexplorer.exe.
- Then I created a desktop shortcut from that iexplorer with the site name in the shortcut target path.
- Then I installed the new Java version locally on the system.
- After starting the new application in the task bar the new Java version showed up.
- Then I clicked the shortcut I created.
The application worked and it used the old java version it should use.
15 minutes of work and a very satisfied customer...
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I used your idea and it works
I used your idea and it works great. But I don't want the address bar on the window that opens so that the user doesn't try to use it for anything else. I found this script:
Dim objIE
Set objIE = WScript.CreateObject ("InternetExplorer.Application")
ObjIE.Toolbar = false
objIE.Navigate "http://www.savilltech.com"
objIE.Visible = true
here: http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/15297/how-can-i-start-internet-explorer-without-the-toolbars.html
Does anyone know how I can incorporate the two ideas? Running iexplore.exe from the layer using this script.
open the shortcut in the
open the shortcut in the layer and start iexplore.exe -k
give the site you want in the parameters section.
that will do the job
Regards Erik www.DinamiQs.com Dinamiqs is the home of VirtualStorm (www.virtualstorm.org)
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maybe this helps you also.
Or take a look at this site.
it explains more then only the script.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/dec06/hey1213.mspx
Regards Erik www.DinamiQs.com Dinamiqs is the home of VirtualStorm (www.virtualstorm.org)
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