I found a few similar questions here on SO but
none of them seems to provide an actual answer.
I have these two versions.
Directory of C:\Java\Bit64
01/19/2014 05:40 AM <DIR> .
01/19/2014 05:40 AM <DIR> ..
10/18/2013 07:53 AM <DIR> jdk1.6.0_45
01/19/2014 05:42 AM <DIR> jdk1.7.0_51
10/16/2013 03:15 PM <DIR> jre1.6.0_45
01/19/2014 05:40 AM <DIR> jre1.7.0_51
0 File(s) 0 bytes
6 Dir(s) 45,369,233,408 bytes free
C:\Java\Bit64>
I want my Java 6 version to be the default one.
Unfortunately in C:\Windows\System32
I have some other
java.exe which I am not sure when and how was installed by me.
C:\Windows\System32>dir jav*
Volume in drive C is OS
Volume Serial Number is xxxx-yyyy
Directory of C:\Windows\System32
01/19/2014 05:40 AM 189,352 java.exe
01/19/2014 05:40 AM 189,352 javaw.exe
01/19/2014 05:40 AM 312,744 javaws.exe
3 File(s) 731,896 bytes
0 Dir(s) 45,369,040,896 bytes free
C:\Windows\System32>
Unfortunately I cannot even rename the java.exe in System32.
C:\Windows\System32>move java.exe java___exe
Access is denied.
0 file(s) moved.
I recall there were some options for this in the Java
Control panel but I am not sure which ones exactly.
So ...
(1) How do I make my Java 6 the default one in the right way?
I am not sure I want to put on my PATH %java_home%\bin
before
C:\Windows\System32
. But even if I do this, it still picks up Java 7.
(2) Why?!
(3) If I reinstall both versions will it help?
EDIT 1:
This is the most weird thing (I tried that based
on a few comments posted under this question).
C:\>echo %java_home%
C:\Java\Bit64\jdk1.6.0_45
C:\>echo %path%
%java_home%\bin;C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4;.....................
C:\>java -version
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Dfile.encoding=UTF8
java version "1.7.0_51"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_51-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.51-b03, mixed mode)
C:\>
EDIT 2:
OK, I uninstalled both JDKs. Then I installed JDK 7 and
JDK 6 (without any public JREs). And I installed 6 after 7.
(4) Does anyone know what this key 'current version' means
and which program uses it? I was expecting it to be set to
1.6 as I installed JDK 6 second. Still, right now I don't
see any issues, JDK 6 is default, I guess due to %java_home%\bin
being the very first thing on the %path%
.