Java Web Start Error "Can not find message file"

Question

I have have two versions for the javaws.exe one under C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin & the other under C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_06\bin. but when I click on the C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaws.exe I got the following error "Can not find message file".

So what might be the problem? Baring in mind that I am unable to run any of the applications that need Java Web Start to run.

Answer 1

You are likely to be missing the following values (example):

----8<----
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Web Start]
"CurrentVersion"="1.7.0_06"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Web Start\1.7.0_06]
"Home"="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre7\\bin"
----8<----

Maybe you need separate values for both of the two runtimes, but likely you want to use WS only with the JRE installation.

I hope this helps anyone else expiriencing this message.

Answer 2

re-installing java has solved the problem...