Comments on: You Only Need One Version Of Java

By: Flor Sevilla

Flor Sevilla — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:59:53 +0000

I too am confused about which Java programs I can remove. On my computer I have:

Java Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 3
Java 2 Runtime Environment. SE v1.3.1_02
Java(TM) 6 Update 2
Java(TM) 6 Update 3
Java(TM) 6 Update 4
I’d appreciate knowing which I can safely remove.
Thanks
Flor Sevilla

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PC Daily Tips » Multiple Versions Of .NET — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:36:44 +0000

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By: Larry Thompson

Larry Thompson — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:53:04 +0000

.net is another one that seems to install all of its versions . I recently did a clean install and decided to only install .net 3 the I have to programs that run in .net and one needs .net 2 and it seemed to work fine but then windows update installed .net 2 as a high priority update ? why cant they just update and overwrite the previous edition?

By: Michael Trombetta

Michael Trombetta — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:02:50 +0000

I too am confused about which Java programs I can remove. On my computer I have:
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 10
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 2
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4
Java 2 Runtime Environment. SE v1.4.2_05
Java 2 Runtime Environment. SE v1.4.2_06
Java(TM) 6 Update 2

I’d appreciate knowing which I can safely remove.
Thanks
Michael Trombetta

By: Jason Faulkner

Jason Faulkner — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:26:07 +0000

John Waggoner: .NET is totally different, leave these entries alone.

John P. Mackay: You should be able to safely remove all them except “Java (TM) 6 Update 2″.

By: John P. Mackay

John P. Mackay — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:04:47 +0000

I have three different files of Java in my computer when I check through Add/Remove Programs. The files are below:

J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 1
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 9

Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition v.1.13_02

Java (TM) 6 Update 2
Java (TM) SE Runtime Environment 6

I know I could unistall 2 earlier installments of J2SE Runtime Environment but what’s about Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition v.1.13_02 and two other files as well with Java (TM) 6 Update 2 and Java (TM) SE Runtime Environment 6.

Please let me know which files of all programs I can unistall and which program should I keep to run the program of Java?

Thank you,

John P. Mackay
Belleville, ON Canada

By: John Waggoner

John Waggoner — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:53:10 +0000

I liked this tip. While I was deleting my extra Java installs I noticed that I have Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1, 1.1 Hotfix, 2.0 and 3.0. How many of them do I need?

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» Blog Archive » You Only Need One Version Of Java — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:07:09 +0000

[...] You Only Need One Version Of JavaI was going through my Add/Remove Programs listing this morning and noticed 5 entries for the Java Runtime Environment dating back to ?Java 5 Release 7?. I thought this was very odd as there was a subsequent entry for each release after this and… [...]