Hello please help me!

Hello everyone,

I just bought a laptop and it comes with Windows XP.Then i loaded Java(Jdk1.2.1) and tried to run the compiler javac, and an dialog box appears stating as follows.

Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library.

Runtime error!

Program :c:\JDK12~1.1\BIN\Javac.exe

abnormal Program termination

OK

please note that i have already set the path in the control panel,advanced tab,environment ,user variables.

I really do not know what to do.any help from anywhere is very much appreciated.

regards,

john

[578 byte] By [johnmp] at [2007-9-26 21:37:56]
# 1

Maybe you should try Java 1.3 or Java 1.4. I am not sure if Java 1.2 is certified for Windows XP. Anyway, if you compile using Java 1.3 you should be able to run it on other computers running Java 1.2 if you don't use any special features found in 1.3 or higher.

Hope this helps!

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