 NervousWreckGo Fast,Turn Left.Premium
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Inside,Row 1 | Question about Java and Firefox Sorry if asked in the wrong forum but I just updated Java to 6.0.20. Now in my extensions in Firefox I have Java Console 6.0.17 Java Console 6.0.19 and Java Console 6.0.20. Is this a security risk having the two old versions there? Or should I just click disable on the older two. Thanks.
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SUMwarePremium
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kudos:2 | said by NervousWreck:Sorry if asked in the wrong forum but I just updated Java to 6.0.20. Now in my extensions in Firefox I have Java Console 6.0.17 Java Console 6.0.19 and Java Console 6.0.20. Is this a security risk having the two old versions there? Or should I just click disable on the older two. Thanks. There could be a security risk. A generally good thing to do is to download the new Java version, uninstall the older versions, then install the new version.
I'd recommend that you do this. Try uninstalling just the old versions. If any problems turn up then delete .20, then do a clean reinstall. |
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NervousWreckGo Fast,Turn Left.Premium
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Inside,Row 1 | Not sure if it means anything but I only have the current version showing up in control panel of Windows.
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| said by NervousWreck:Not sure if it means anything but I only have the current version showing up in control panel of Windows. Me too, and in the Add-ons window in Firefox the older versions are listed but all I can do is disable them as "uninstall" is grayed out. |
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 Its a SecretPlease speak into the microphonePremium
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1 edit | Uninstall them from Control panel / Add remove programs. They'll go away. |
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| said by Its a Secret:Uninstall them from Control panel / Add remove programs. They'll go away. Like I quoted NervousWreck, I, too, only have version 20 showing in Add/Remove Programs so earlier versions cannot be uninstalled from there. |
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Its a SecretPlease speak into the microphonePremium
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kudos:3 | Have you tried JavaRa? »raproducts.org/
It has an option for removing old versions. |
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 La LunaSurvived AshrafulPremium
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said by Phil75070:said by NervousWreck:Not sure if it means anything but I only have the current version showing up in control panel of Windows. Me too, and in the Add-ons window in Firefox the older versions are listed but all I can do is disable them as "uninstall" is grayed out. Scroll down to the last post here: »www.overclock.net/networking-sec···fox.html
I had to use it to get rid of the old console (I also had the old and new console's listed), even after uninstalling the old version of Java in add/remove programs. The console uninstall button is greyed out in Firefox add ons.
Java is a pain in the neck to update, I wish they'd get it straightened out.
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I was able to uninstall the older ones right in Firefox - not greyed out for me... odd. |
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For XP, it's: 'Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/extensions'.
How many folders are there named {CAFEEFAC . . . . }?
But as far as any security risk-- if those older versions don't exist on your machine, the console extension isn't going to be able to use them or bring them up, regardless of what's listed in the Firefox Add-ons. |
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1 edit | reply to NervousWreck
For Vista and Windows 7 use 'Run As Administrator' to load Firefox. You should then be able to select 'Uninstall' for each Java Console you want to delete.
They should be deleted in XP. (at least they were on my XP Laptop) when the new version was installed. |
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 rcdaileyDragoonflyPremium
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Rialto, CA
1 edit | I can't be sure of this, but I wonder whether it makes a difference if you use the off-line installation as opposed to installing it while Firefox is running? I do know I did it that way (off-line) this time. I can't recall what I did with update 19.
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La LunaSurvived AshrafulPremium
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said by AB:For XP, it's: 'Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/extensions'. How many folders are there named {CAFEEFAC . . . . }? But as far as any security risk-- if those older versions don't exist on your machine, the console extension isn't going to be able to use them or bring them up, regardless of what's listed in the Firefox Add-ons. I had two folders, one with a 19 and one with a 20 (java versions). I deleted the 19 after opening it with notepad to make sure.
I know it wasn't a risk, it just bothered me that the old console was still there. I don't know why the uninstall buttons are greyed out (same on the newer console version).
I installed off line.
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1 edit | said by La Luna:said by AB:For XP, it's: 'Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/extensions'. How many folders are there named {CAFEEFAC . . . . }? I had two folders, one with a 19 and one with a 20 (java versions). I deleted the 19 after opening it with notepad to make sure. Then that might be the solution for NervousWreck  , too.
*Edit- I just realized what I said above was already in the link you posted, Luna.
Sorry about that. Good job. 
said by rcdailey:I wonder whether it makes a difference if you use the off-line installation as opposed to installing it while Firefox is running? Other than installs that are intended to be done with the browser open, it's normally SOP to close any running programs when installing software. |
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rcdaileyDragoonflyPremium
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Rialto, CA | That's what I usually do, but I may have done the web install for update 19. Anyway, I did the install off-line for update 20 and when I look at the Addons in Firefox, I have an uninstall button available (not greyed-out) for the Java Console. I also have just the one console, but I believe that I had removed the Console previously. Frankly, there had been so much Java jiving lately that I'm no longer sure what I've done. 
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The older versions of the Java console can be deleted from the Firefox add-ons panel.
But Java STILL leaves a lot of older crap on the machine!
I recently found this program which works great at removing the old Java debris:
»raproducts.org/
(See the one called JavaRa)
It also gives a log of all the junk it has removed.
BTW, I have no connection with those guys. I have been posting (mostly on the VoIP forum) for almost 2 years. |
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quatrixPremium
join:2005-02-11
Davie, FL
kudos:2 | reply to SUMware
said by SUMware:There could be a security risk. A generally good thing to do is to download the new Java version, uninstall the older versions, then install the new version. If that was true, they would have had the installer remove old versions for you long ago. The developers know best. |
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PrntRhdPremium
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1 edit | reply to NervousWreck
You made me check with your post, I found the latest version of Java on my Firefox 3.6.3. |
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NervousWreckGo Fast,Turn Left.Premium
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Inside,Row 1
1 edit | reply to LoPhatPhuud
Well I used "Run As Administrator" as LoPhatPhuud suggested. Used uninstall buttons on both of them.
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| said by NervousWreck:Well I used "Run As Administrator" as LoPhatPhuud suggested. Used uninstall buttons on both of them. +1 |
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