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Peter, again, thank you for taking the time to write. If you are online now, I have a quick question before I start: The one java.exe resides at D:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Dreamweaver CS5JVMbinjava.exe. Obviously, I need to make the path match what Flash will be looking for but might the contents of a JRE folder be different from the contents of a JVM folder?

Peter, in a previous post you mentioned having one more idea. I re-installed everything VERY CAREFULLY but when starting Adobe Flash Professional CS5 I get the warning below (attachment)… Curious that neither Dreamweaver, Flash Catalyst nor Acrobat Pro 9 produce any errors since those were the ones we deleted their JRE/JMV folders… any thoughts?

Thanks Peter, Good advice. I do not now have any lack of disk space. Actually, today I plan to try un/re-installing to test a few things. Because I earlier read a resource that mentioned the problems of activation if the suite has any hardware changes, I decided to skip activation until I was sure my system was ‘up to snuff’. However, during installation it was mentioned that activation may occur automatically. So, I unplugged my Internet connection during install with the result that now I am unable to access online help directly from any of the applications. I also had a message box appear during installation that asked whether I wanted my Sandboxie utility to work with CS5. I can’t remember what I clicked (…I know, really dumb…). I also have none of the suite icons appear after installation. Online help did not help. So, needless to say, I will try to clean up everything and start over. Anyway thanks again for all your help. Your Fix worked great! SINCERELY, Brady

Peter,
May I say… OUTSTANDING!!! Thank you so much. Great idea about zipping the jres in case something goes wrong later. I opened all applications in question and they seemed to work just fine fine. Secunia is rewarding me with a secure 100% and you now have a very grateful friend. Please keep up the excellent contributions to this wonderful site. Thanks again,
Brady

Thank you Clint. However, you said “uninstall”. That is my dilemma.

In my original post you will note that I am unable to uninstall them using Windows. It has been proposed to delete the entire folder where the version 6 java.exes reside. My question is whether or not doing so, without doing anything in the registry, will cause problems when running CS5.

Also, the version 5 java.exe does not show up as flagged in Secunia. Is there a need to get rid of that too?

Well Peter, first, thank you very much for taking the time to respond. Your explanation was very helpful.

As you suggested, I had already installed the latest Java from their download site. In my initial post, I accidentally listed the Mozilla Foxfire/ extensions… as the file location because that was the location of the “Java Console 6.x (extension for Firefox)”. But I did not notice that further down the list Secunia ALSO lists “Sun Java JRE…” at the same path as yours; C:Program FilesJavajre6bin (please note that the java.exe appears on my machine in the bin folder). I also have the latest version of java.exe installed at C:WindowsSystem32

If I can please trouble you, I still have 3 remaining questions:

1) You suggested deleting the “jre” directories. Would there be any advantage in simply renaming the java.exe files instead? The reason I ask is that Secunia made a distinction that uninstall is required for some of the files (see secuniascreenshot.jpg).

2) If deleting IS best, should I also delete another file that Secunia did not identify as insecure but is nonetheless an older version 5 of java.exe (5.0.110.3). I think it might be part of Acrobat 9 Pro, which is installed from a separate DVD in the CS5 package. I found this older version when it appeared along with the others when I did a search using “java.exe” (quotations included, see screenshot.jpg attachment) The location is D:Program FilesAdobeDesigner 8.2jrebin

3) When making the JAVA_HOME entry, should I use “C:Program FilesJavajre6bin” or “C:Program FilesJavajre6” (see note above).

Thank you Roderunner for the hyperlink you sent, but I mentioned in my original post that the 4 files in question do not appear in the Add and Remove Programs window (Uninstall Or Change A Program in Win7). And I earlier mentioned also that neither do they appear in the Microsoft Windows Installer Cleanup Utility as well. But thanks for your effort anyway.

Thanks so much Roderunner and Peter! I live on the other side of the world and will try your suggestions in the morning when I wake up.I’ll let you know the results in a later post. Thanks again

I believe that Acrobat Reader was the previous name that Adobe used for Adobe Reader but it never made it to version 9. Check Wikipedia for details.

Just a quick question about Susan Bradley’s article “931125 Patching the roots — on your browser”.I’m running Win7 Professional on my home computer. I looked at my Update History and did not see 931125 installed. So I followed the link to download and install it manually. Afterward, I noticed that although the article’s Last Review was dated “January 25, 2010 – Revision: 17.2″, just above the download hyperlink it says “Update for Root Certificates [b]November 2009[/b] (KB931125)”. So, my questions:1) Did I get the old one?2) I already restarted the computer and was not offered the update. Does that mean I already have the latest installed?I ask, because KB931125 still does not appear on my Win 7’s list in update history.Thanks for any light you can shed on this subject.P.S. Susan Bradley’s articles are TREMENDOUSLY helpful and informative to me. Keep em’ coming!

I am trying to reply to the article “Adobe Reader updates to become automatic “. The link from the newsletter took me here… hope this is the right place…
I disable Adobe Reader’s Startup Items after updating to a newer version each time by unchecking both the Adobe Acrobat (Reader_sl.exe) as well as the Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager (AdobeARM.exe) from the Startup tab of Window’s System Configuration utility. Is either of these items the Acrobat Refresh Manager you referred to in your Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 227 • 2010-01-14, or are you referring to something else? Also, will there be any way of turning off the ‘Refresher’ after April 13? Thanks, Brady

I am trying to reply to the article “Adobe Reader updates to become automatic “. The link from the newsletter took me here… hope this is the right place…
I disable Adobe Reader’s Startup Items after updating to a newer version each time by unchecking both the Adobe Acrobat (Reader_sl.exe) as well as the Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager (AdobeARM.exe) from the Startup tab of Window’s System Configuration utility. Is either of these items the Acrobat Refresh Manager you referred to in your Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 227 • 2010-01-14, or are you referring to something else? Also, will there be any way of turning off the ‘Refresher’ after April 13? Thanks, Brady

I am trying to reply to the article “Adobe Reader updates to become automatic “. The link from the newsletter took me here… hope this is the right place…
I disable Adobe Reader’s Startup Items after updating to a newer version each time by unchecking both the Adobe Acrobat (Reader_sl.exe) as well as the Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager (AdobeARM.exe) from the Startup tab of Window’s System Configuration utility. Is either of these items the Acrobat Refresh Manager you referred to in your Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 227 • 2010-01-14, or are you referring to something else? Also, will there be any way of turning off the ‘Refresher’ after April 13? Thanks, Brady

I am trying to reply to the article “Adobe Reader updates to become automatic “. The link from the newsletter took me here… hope this is the right place…
I disable Adobe Reader’s Startup Items after updating to a newer version each time by unchecking both the Adobe Acrobat (Reader_sl.exe) as well as the Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager (AdobeARM.exe) from the Startup tab of Window’s System Configuration utility. Is either of these items the Acrobat Refresh Manager you referred to in your Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 227 • 2010-01-14, or are you referring to something else? Also, will there be any way of turning off the ‘Refresher’ after April 13? Thanks, Brady

I am trying to reply to the article “Adobe Reader updates to become automatic “. The link from the newsletter took me here… hope this is the right place…
I disable Adobe Reader’s Startup Items after updating to a newer version each time by unchecking both the Adobe Acrobat (Reader_sl.exe) as well as the Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager (AdobeARM.exe) from the Startup tab of Window’s System Configuration utility. Is either of these items the Acrobat Refresh Manager you referred to in your Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 227 • 2010-01-14, or are you referring to something else? Also, will there be any way of turning off the ‘Refresher’ after April 13? Thanks, Brady