Java 8.101 MSI - Can't seem to get this working?

[LeMarchand]

Isn't the licence for the MSI like $700?

 

I've heard it's not cheap (or at least signing up for whichever subscription gets you access to it isn't). Probably why they are discouraging the "extract it from the exe" trick.

[mavhc]

I just copied all the files it installs to a network drive, then wrote some bat files to run the 2 apps that use it using that path, worked fine for minecraft, pdf split and merge.

@echo off

cd /d A:\minecraftedu\

start \\blah.local\blah$\Java\bin\javaw.exe -jar Launcher.jar

[jmak]

Sigh.... I hate Java.... I hate Oracle......

 

Is it just me that thinks Oracle are taking the P when they release such carp software and then try and charge you for the pleasure of fixing the security holes they seem to specialise in. It was bad enough that I had to deploy updated msi via GPO every other week, but I can't make that work any more.

 

But moving on

 

Having been through the suggestions in the posts in this thread, I'm at the point where deploying via startup script with a config file seems to be my only remaining option.

 

I am ignorant of scripting, but this is my first guess:

 

@echo off
if EXIST "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_111" GOTO End
if EXIST "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_111" GOTO End

start \\myserver\SoftwareDeploy\java\java-8u111.exe

:End

 

Am I heading in the right direction? And do I just put the config file in the same directory as the exe?

 

Thanks in advance

[Arthur]

And do I just put the config file in the same directory as the exe?

Nope! That would be too easy.

 

java.settings.cfg goes in: %ProgramData%\Oracle\Java