Vista - Java app won't run in Vista

The company I work for has a web based point of sale program that runs thru
IE. When we run it under XP and IE 6 or 7, it runs fine. With Vista, the log
on screen comes up, and an employee can sign in and click the module he or
she needs to run. Unfortunately; that is all that happens. After clicking on
the modules button, a java window tries to open and immediately closes. Next,
an error message appears and says "Internet Explorer has encountered an error
and has been closed" the only option is to click OK.
After checking some other sites, I dug deeper and found the program creates
an Oracle directory in program files called:

"Walt" wrote:

> The company I work for has a web based point of sale program that runs thru
> IE. When we run it under XP and IE 6 or 7, it runs fine. With Vista, the log
> on screen comes up, and an employee can sign in and click the module he or
> she needs to run. Unfortunately; that is all that happens. After clicking on
> the modules button, a java window tries to open and immediately closes. Next,
> an error message appears and says "Internet Explorer has encountered an error
> and has been closed" the only option is to click OK.
> After checking some other sites, I dug deeper and found the program creates
> an Oracle directory in program files called:
> C:\Program Files\oracle\JInitiator 1.3.1.25
and the Java files are 1.3.1.25.

Walt wrote:
>
> "Walt" wrote:
>
>> The company I work for has a web based point of sale program that runs thru
>> IE. When we run it under XP and IE 6 or 7, it runs fine. With Vista, the log
>> on screen comes up, and an employee can sign in and click the module he or
>> she needs to run. Unfortunately; that is all that happens. After clicking on
>> the modules button, a java window tries to open and immediately closes. Next,
>> an error message appears and says "Internet Explorer has encountered an error
>> and has been closed" the only option is to click OK.
>> After checking some other sites, I dug deeper and found the program creates
>> an Oracle directory in program files called:
>> C:\Program Files\oracle\JInitiator 1.3.1.25
> and the Java files are 1.3.1.25.

You are going to need to contact the people who wrote the point of sale
program for Vista support of their application. Only they can make it
Vista-compatible and/or give you a workaround.


Malke
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