Troubleshooting Installation Problems ("Windows error 3")
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By Wolfgang Schreiber
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Posted: 12 Dec 2005 |
PROBLEM:
While trying to install an NDK component and calling the install routine with the executable installation download (*.exe) the launched installation routine fails with the error "Windows error 3 occured while loading the Java VM".
The same problem may occur when uninstalling an NDK component.
SOLUTION:
This error typically is caused by a known bug in InstallAnywhere by Zero G Software which may occur with certain JDK versions.
The installation routine is not able to locate the correct JVM.
A workaround is to call the install/uninstall executable from the command line and explicitly specifying the option "LAX_VM" together with the path to your JDK binaries.
EXAMPLE: Sample command line format for an NDK installation:
novell-extjndi-devel-2005.02.25-2windows.exe LAX_VM "C:\Program Files\Java\j2sdk1.4.2\bin\java.exe"
Sample command line format for an NDK un-installation:
uninstall.exe LAX_VM "C:\Program Files\Java\j2sdk1.4.2\bin\java.exe"
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