Un-installing JRE

My Win XP SP2 system has numerous versions of JRE installed, from j2re1.4.2_05 to jre1.6.0_01 - according to the folders listed under Program Files / Java. Each version seems to occupy about 120 Mb.

I don't know why it's on my system in the first place and have noticed Java occasionally applying updates to itself over time.

Is it safe to un-install all but the latest version via Add or Remove Programs? And would the latest version be J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 11?

Thanks for your help...

[528 byte] By [Thingummya] at [2007-11-27 10:27:05]

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# 1

Yes, it's ok to uninstall the other earlier versions as long as you have the

latest version, which is JRE 6.0 update 1. :)

lem@phila at 2007-7-28 17:43:23 >

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# 2

Be careful about removing older versions of JRE, some of your application

may be dependent on an older version. Here is the full info:

http://java.com/en/download/faq/5000070400.xml

gymma at 2007-7-28 17:43:23 >

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