| Java Web Service doesn’t start — Bad installation. No JRE found in configuration file

31 Comments

Jose

Jan 31, 2013 - Reply

Great work. This works fine

Thank you , thank you , thank you. You are my hero.
Gireya

Jan 31, 2013 - Reply

we’ve been banging our collective heads against the keyboard trying to figure this one out. Thank You.
Ezra

Jan 31, 2013 - Reply

It’s too early to tell, but I think you just made the day of a lot of people here.
Rob

Jan 31, 2013 - Reply

OMG it works! thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!
aeb

Jan 31, 2013 - Reply

May I reiterate the praise for your post. We have been locked out of our invoicing software all day until I saw this post. It allowed the Java launcher to work as needed. Thanks a million.
bbrown

Jan 31, 2013 - Reply

Thank you very much. This fix worked for me. This worked yesterday, but not today. I didn’t update anything. I am running:

java version “1.6.0_37”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_37-b06-434-11M3909)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.12-b01-434, mixed mode)

What could have happened between today and yesterday?
- racoonlab
  
  Feb 1, 2013 - Reply
  
  Hi bbrown,
  
  You can always try to comment out the right lines in “XProtect.meta.plist”, see a few posts below how.
  - Runescape Gold
    
    Jul 8, 2015 - Reply
    
    I mean it!
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P.K

Feb 1, 2013 - Reply

Thanks, Awesome. Worked perfectly for me too.
Ben

Feb 1, 2013 - Reply

What types of security issues does using this fix create?
racoonlab

Feb 1, 2013 - Reply

Well commenting out that line will allow ANY 1.6 to be used for Java WebStart and so _may_ be a _security issue_!

An update to the Apple Developer 1.6.0_38 should solve the problem as well.
- Ben
  
  Feb 1, 2013 - Reply
  
  Thanks! If I did this action and I want to undo it, can you provide a command for that for me? Thanks!
  - racoonlab
    
    Feb 1, 2013 - Reply
    Hi Ben,
    
    Then I would do something else.
    
    Open with an editor for example “vi” this file
    
    /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/XProtect.meta.plist
    
    Inside near the end look for the following lines:
    
    <key>com.oracle.java.JavaAppletPlugin</key> <dict> <key>MinimumPlugInBundleVersion</key> <string>1.7.11.22</string> </dict>
    
    and comment them out
    
    
    
    Now if you want to roll back, remove the comments. Easy.
    - Ben
      
      Feb 1, 2013 - Reply
      
      Your second solution works too. Thanks. I just already did the first fix that you posted on another machine and I want to un do it to avoid the security risk.
Troy

Feb 1, 2013 - Reply

You saved the DAY!!! THANK YOU!
Theo

Feb 2, 2013 - Reply

Thanks!!! Works perfectly..
Scott

Feb 3, 2013 - Reply

Thanks for the info, been beating my head against the wall since Friday on this!
Scott K.

Feb 5, 2013 - Reply

Why not just update to Java 7? Then you get a more secure version of Java that will run Web Start? http://java.com/en/
- racoonlab
  
  Feb 5, 2013 - Reply
  
  Hi Scott,
  
  There are products out there which require Java 6 and are not compatible with Java 7 yet.
Mark

Feb 5, 2013 - Reply

Thanks a bunch!! You saved me.
Yu Cheng

Feb 7, 2013 - Reply

Thanks a lot, saved my day.
bbrown

Feb 8, 2013 - Reply

Apple did it again today. Anyway to disable Xprotect?
- racoonlab
  
  Feb 11, 2013 - Reply
  Hi bbrown,
  
  Probably with this
```
# disable the xprotectupdater job
LAUNCHD_JOB_PLIST="$3/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.xprotectupdater.plist"
/bin/launchctl unload -w "$LAUNCHD_JOB_PLIST"
```
  But I didn’t test it and I wouldn’t do it. I would install the latest Apple Developer 1.6.0_xx instead.
  
  What version do you have at the moment?
anadkarni

Feb 8, 2013 - Reply

Thanks a lot! You made my day!!!
Erik Bailey

Feb 10, 2013 - Reply

Thank you – tried everything (OS X Mountain Lion) and this is the only thing that worked!!
Kaptain K.

Feb 15, 2013 - Reply

This finally struck me today. Thanks for the fix!!!
Venki

Mar 7, 2013 - Reply

Hi,

i almost quit using mac due to this java update. you saved me.

I did the following as you suggested. However after rebooting my mac, this update goes away. Some process is updating it back when i reboot my mac. is there a way i can make this permanent.

<!–

com.oracle.java.JavaAppletPlugin

MinimumPlugInBundleVersion
1.7.11.22

–>
- racoonlab
  
  Mar 7, 2013 - Reply
  
  Hi Venki,
  
  You could create a sh script and use one of these procedure to execute it at the boot
  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6442364/running-script-upon-login-mac
  http://macosx.com/forums/unix-x11/32237-how-run-script-startup.html
  - Venki
    
    Mar 14, 2013 - Reply
    
    Thank you. That helps.
WARREN LEE

Jun 3, 2013 - Reply

Thanks for sharing this, it has been a lifesaver for me for a number of months now until recently it no longer seems to work. I t was working before but now when I use this in the terminal this is what it says:

Delete: Entry, “:JavaWebComponentVersionMinimum”, Does Not Exist

Is anyone else getting the same issue? Is there a new work around?
- racoonlab
  
  Jun 3, 2013 - Reply
  
  Hi Warren Lee,
  
  Did you switch from Java 6 to Java 7 and back again recently? Try this
  
  http://www.racoonlab.com/2013/01/how-to-re-enable-the-apple-provided-java-se-6-applet-plug-in-and-web-start-functionality/