What is JRE used for?

[S_D 40]

Hi,

Bought NavDataPro (13 cycles) last night. Downloaded and installed the NavDataPro 'manager', and during install it setup a JRE folder in the root of my C: drive. The thing is, there isn't a Java applet in my control panel, nor does it appear in add/remove programs, nor is the JRE path referenced in the registry. What exactly is this 'incomplete' JRE installation used for please?

Thanks,

Simon

[mopperle 4162]

Don't see something similar here. And you are sure that it has been created by the installer of NavdataPro? Which OS are you using? Did you run the installer as Administrator?

[S_D 40]

Hi there! Thanks for replying.

Interesting. Windows 10 Pro 64 bit is the OS.

Pretty sure it's created by the NavDataPro installer, as I saw it run it during setup and the folder date stamps coincide to the minute. Also there is this compelling evidence in the file .com.zerog.registry.xml in the folder...

C:\Games\P3Dv3 Add-ins\Aerosoft\NavDataPro\NavDataPro\_NavDataPro_installation\ :

 

<component version="1.0.0.0" location="C:\jre" id="6769754a-1f0b-11b2-806a-8bcc1e81d54b" name="InstallAnywhere VM Component" vendor="Aerosoft GmbH">

There are 6 other references to the JRE folder in that file. Finally, no I didn't run is as administrator unfortunately... Didn't think to, but then I never install in either of the Program Files or Program Files (x86) folders...

Any thoughts?

Simon

[S_D 40]

A bit more info on this. It seems the NavDataPro installer (and uninstaller) uses Java to run. If you already have Java installed it'll use that, if you don't it gets d/l'ed / copied to that folder on the C: drive. If you remove that folder and try and run the uninstaller it'll complain, so I copied it back (I had moved it off for testing).

Shame really. Java is a curse in my experience so I avoid it wherever possible!