Java Enquiry

Java Enquiry do I need all these programs?

#1 charlea

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Posted 09 March 2008 - 04:27 AM

Hi all .. wonder if anyone can help me .. I am trying to clean up my computer and remove anything I am not using to give me extra space .. in my add/remove programs list I have all of these showing:

JSE2 Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 1
Java ™ 6 Update 2
Java ™ 6 Update 3
Java ™ SE Runtime Environment 6 Update 1

I am wondering whether I need to keep them all, especially the JSE2 Runtime Environment 5.0, is this the older copy before Runtime 6? Should I be deleting the old ones as a new one comes? Im a little in the dark on all this but don't want to stop any of my programs working by removing willynilly.

Many thanks in advance of any help.

Regards.

#2 jgweed

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Posted 09 March 2008 - 10:12 AM

You need keep only the latest version of JavaRuntime, since every update is a completely new version (so it isn't really an "update" at all in the common sense of the term).
I generally delete any prior version after installing the newest release, and have not had any problems.
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John

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