Hello,
I have the silliest problem with Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8.1
I want to uninstall it but can't seem to find the uninstall application.
it's NOT in the control panel's add/remove programs
and it's not in any folder inside the studio's directories.
how can I safely do that?
I have netbeans 5.5 installed, I just want to remove the sun java studio but to keep the netbeans.
thanks in advance.
From Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs, it should be listed as "Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8.1". If this entry is not there, one of the following should do as well.
1. run "uninstall.exe" from C:\Program Files\Sun\jstudio_ent81\bin (this is the default installation directory).
2. execute the following command from the command prompt.
java -jar "C:\Program Files\Sun\jstudio_ent81\bin\uninstaller\uninstall.jar"
Nothing related to Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8.1 is found at the control panel's add/remove programs.
No uninstall.exe file in c:\program file\Sun\jstudio_ent81\bin
and java -jar "C:\Program Files\Sun\jstudio_ent81\bin\uninstaller\uninstall.jar" returns:
Unable to access jarfile c:\Program Files\Sun\jstudio_ent81\bin\uninstaller\uninstall.jar
the uninstaller directory does not exist there, and there's no uninstall file in the entire dir.
but thanks for the reply
If the uninstaller directory does not exist and the program is not found in the control panel, then it should be safe to simply delete the directory. There is one caveat though: JSE bundles appserver. You should try and see if the appserver has its own uninstall directory or if the appserver bundled with jse is found in the control panel. If so, you should uninstall it using control panel or uninstaller and then remove the jse directory manually. If the appserver too does not have an uninstaller or a control panel entry, then simply deleting the jse directory should work fine.
The jse directory should not interfere in any way with any other NetBeans installation, so you should be able to go ahead and install NetBeans with or without removing jse. In fact you could have several installs of different versions of jse and netbeans without conflicts. You should make sure of the following:
- Each ide install should use its own user directory.
http://blogs.sun.com/karthikr/entry/jse_directories
- The ports used by the appserver etc should not conflict. This is actually only an issue <b>if</b> you run two ide instances at the same time. Otherwise, having multiple ide installs sharing the same ports should not be a problem.
