Background: I have a Dell Dimension 4100 with Windows ME, AOL 6.0, Internet Explorer 5.5 (IE5.5 } with no service packs and use a Time Warner Kansas City Road Runner (TWKCRR) Cable Modem Connection. The connection to TWKCRR is working. I have Internet Security Settings to default; routinely delete cache and temporary Internet Explorer files. Periodically, I use BitDefender, SuperAntiVirus, Ad-Aware SE Personal, Spyguard, CCleaner, Spybot Search and Destroy, Spyware Blaster, Hijackthis.

 

Problem: Recently I was trying to use the housecall, trendmicro's free on line virus scan to execute and scan my computer. I was getting alert messages and an error about Sun Java. I had a Sun Java version installed. However I thought I should remove or uninstall and then download a newer version to try and use it.

 

I started to remove my installed Sun Java jre1.5.00.b04. After clicking on Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, the uninstall procedure started and then hung up. After waiting several minutes with no results, I decided to re-boot and try again. However, the JRE entry was no longer there in the Add/Remove Programs section to use. Hence, my questions are as follows:

 

Question A: In general, how do I manually remove Sun Java after my Add/Remove failure so I can then download and re-install a version of Sun Java? I noticed that I currently have the followng folders which I believe are definitely related to Sun Java:

 

1. C:\Windows\Sun which has Java and several subfolders
2. C:\Windows\Application Data\Sun which has Java with several subfolders
3. C:\Program Files\Java\which has the one folder of jre1.5_12 which is related to Sun Java
4. C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java which has subfolders of Update, Base Images, jre1.5.0.b064,patch-jre1.5.0_12.b04
5. c:\Windows\Desktop which has JRE-1_5_0_12-windows-i586-p-iftw.exe

 

Question B: Can one safely:
a. Delete the folders of Sun in Item A.1; of Sun in Item A.2; of jre1.5_12 and/or Java in Item A.3; of Java in Item A.4; and
b. Delete the program of JRE-1_5_0_12-windows-i586-p-iftw.exe in Item A.5 and then
c. Download and reinstall a new version of Sun Java?

 

Question C: I noticed also have the following folder which "might" be related to Sun Java:

1. C:\Windows\Java which has subfolders of Classes, Packages, Trustlib and a file javalog.txt.

I don't see any implication of Sun Java in them. Would anything need to be done or deleted with Item C.1?

 

Question D: Does anyone have any recommendations or comments on my questions? Thanking you in advance. RLK