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CodeTRUCKER:
I have two apps that have just stopped opening on my HP Laptop 3GB RAM Vista 32 Home Premium...

* Universal Village - an online collaborative office suite www.universalvillage.net
* Moneydance - C/P financial program like "Quicken," "MS Money," etc. www.moneydance.com
Both are Java-based apps, I believe.  When I try to execute the apps the "busy" mouse shows for a second and then... nothing. 
No other programs seem to have this issue.  What can cause this?

FYI - XoftSpy and Avast! show no malware.  Also, no problem opening Open Office.

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Lashiec:
Problems with Java, maybe? Try to launch the programs from the commandline (if they're being executed from .JAR files), using "java -jar <filename>.jar", or reinstall the JRE.

CodeTRUCKER:
Problems with Java, maybe? Try to launch the programs from the commandline (if they're being executed from .JAR files), using "java -jar <filename>.jar", or reinstall the JRE.
-Lashiec (June 24, 2008, 05:09 PM)
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I've already installed the JRE, but will try the cmd line suggestion and get back.  A question in general is what is Windows actually doing when it is not opening an exec?

CodeTRUCKER:
Looks like something was corrupted, but by what?

C:\Users\CJWVISTA>java -jar c:\progra~1\moneydance07\moneydance.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
        at javax.swing.JPanel.updateUI(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JPanel.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JRootPane.createGlassPane(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JRootPane.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JFrame.createRootPane(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JFrame.frameInit(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.JFrame.<init>(Unknown Source)
        at com.moneydance.apps.md.controller.Main.initializeApp(Main.java:278)
        at com.moneydance.apps.md.controller.Main.main(Main.java:189)
        at Moneydance.main(Moneydance.java:7)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: -167772160 incompatible with Text
-specific LCD contrast key
        at java.awt.RenderingHints.put(Unknown Source)
        at sun.awt.windows.WDesktopProperties.getDesktopAAHints(Unknown Source)
        at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.getDesktopAAHints(Unknown Source)
        at sun.awt.SunToolkit.getDesktopFontHints(Unknown Source)
        at sun.awt.windows.WDesktopProperties.setDesktopAAHints(Unknown Source)
        at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.initializeDesktopProperties(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.Toolkit.getDesktopProperty(Unknown Source)
        at javax.swing.UIManager.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
        ... 12 more

C:\Users\CJWVISTA>

cmpm:
Uninstall all Javas from add/remove.

Check the file downloaded programs in c:/Windows/DownoadedPrograms
Remove all Java entries.

Reinstall Java.

http://filehippo.com/download_java_runtime/

See if that helps.

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