java.exe 32,Windows 7-System32文件夹-java.exe

I found a few similar questions here on SO but

none of them seems to provide an actual answer.

I have these two versions.

Directory of C:\Java\Bit64

01/19/2014 05:40 AM

01/19/2014 05:40 AM

10/18/2013 07:53 AM

01/19/2014 05:42 AM

10/16/2013 03:15 PM

01/19/2014 05:40 AM

0 File(s) 0 bytes

6 Dir(s) 45,369,233,408 bytes free

C:\Java\Bit64>

I want my Java 6 version to be the default one.

Unfortunately in C:\Windows\System32 I have some other

java.exe which I am not sure when and how was installed by me.

C:\Windows\System32>dir jav*

Volume in drive C is OS

Volume Serial Number is xxxx-yyyy

Directory of C:\Windows\System32

01/19/2014 05:40 AM 189,352 java.exe

01/19/2014 05:40 AM 189,352 javaw.exe

01/19/2014 05:40 AM 312,744 javaws.exe

3 File(s) 731,896 bytes

0 Dir(s) 45,369,040,896 bytes free

C:\Windows\System32>

Unfortunately I cannot even rename the java.exe in System32.

C:\Windows\System32>move java.exe java___exe

Access is denied.

0 file(s) moved.

I recall there were some options for this in the Java

Control panel but I am not sure which ones exactly.

So ...

(1) How do I make my Java 6 the default one in the right way?

I am not sure I want to put on my PATH %java_home%\bin before

C:\Windows\System32. But even if I do this, it still picks up Java 7.

(2) Why?!

(3) If I reinstall both versions will it help?

EDIT 1:

This is the most weird thing (I tried that based

on a few comments posted under this question).

C:\>echo %java_home%

C:\Java\Bit64\jdk1.6.0_45

C:\>echo %path%

%java_home%\bin;C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4;.....................

C:\>java -version

Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Dfile.encoding=UTF8

java version "1.7.0_51"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_51-b13)

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.51-b03, mixed mode)

C:\>

EDIT 2:

OK, I uninstalled both JDKs. Then I installed JDK 7 and

JDK 6 (without any public JREs). And I installed 6 after 7.

(4) Does anyone know what this key 'current version' means

and which program uses it? I was expecting it to be set to

1.6 as I installed JDK 6 second. Still, right now I don't

see any issues, JDK 6 is default, I guess due to %java_home%\bin

being the very first thing on the %path%.

解决方案

What a_horse_with_no_name suggested fixed my problem.

I uninstalled both JDKs (6 and 7), then I reinstalled both of them without

checking the 'install public JRE' option. This really fixed everything. Now the behavior is totally predictable (I can control it with setting my Windows PATH in the way I want).

Also, I don't have any java.exe in my System32 folder.

Posting this answer here just so that others could benefit from it.