Software Deployment

Actually u can try another way, install the application> check for java control panel icon, or click the shortcut and u can find a java system tray icon > uncheck the auto upadte option, capture the regsitry changes and inculde in to the package..

This is also one of the way of disabling the auto upadtes,

do u have any java related entry related control icon or shortcuts(lt will look coffee cup icon)?

Thanks,

Venki

Java Update runs a scheduler (jusched.exe) as a background process. Make sure to remove this from being executed. Possible location would be: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SunJavaUpdateSched

Info about "Update Panel Options" and "Java Update Scheduler" can be found at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/deployment/deployment-guide/jcp.html

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/deployment/deployment-guide/silent.html

As you can see from the deployment guide, JAVAUPDATE=0 is supposed to work.. but it doesn't with this build I was hoping someone else had figured this out... I'm not keen on snapshotting the registry change.

I ran a repackager snapshot and it changes data in a binary registry key so that's not an option either.

This whole "MSI" is actually just a wrapper for an executable install. The wrapper collects the installation options through the dialogs and populates corresponding properties. The properties are then used as install conditions for custom actions that make DLL calls.

The whole MSI has about 5 components that are just zip files that get uncompressed by a custom action. It's a good example of how not to code an MSI.

If the MSI is only a wrapper then just repackage the whole thing and off you go ;)

Haha.. it's true! I could do that.

I was playing with it a bit more and apparently I was getting too fancy. Some/all of the properties that used to suppress the updates in previous versions conflict with JAVAUPDATE.
This works:

msiexec /i java.msi ALLUSERS=1 REBOOT=ReallySuppress JAVAUPDATE=0 /qn

Now I have to figure out why Radia pukes on it. <sigh>

you can get around this but it's not easy. create a transform and put a CA in to delete the JavaUpdate reg key, waaaay at the end of the installexecute sequence.

Even this is not fool proof, however, as removing the app will trigger re-population of this key. this is a known java bug.

I agree this is a particularly badly designed installation.