Yawcam won't start after Java upgrade
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:42 pm
Some users report that Yawcam won't start after they updated to Java 1.8.
Yawcam should work with java 1.8, and do so for most users.
If you see the following error messages when you try to start Yawcam, it is probably because something went wrong with the java installation.
The problem
The latest java version doesn't handle coexist or uninstall of the older version correct in some cases. It now tries to run Yawcam with java 1.7 even though java 1.8 is installed and it will stop with the error messages above. To get it all working again you will need to uninstall all java versions and then reinstall the latest version again.
The fix
To uninstall all java versions:
1) Click on the Windows start button and open the Control Panel.
2) Click on 'Programs and Features' to uninstall a program.
3) In the programs list, find all java versions
4) Uninstall them one by one, by right click and select Uninstall
When all java versions are gone, go to http://www.java.com and download and install the latest version.
After this, Yawcam should work again.
Still not working?
If you have followed the steps above and you get a new error message saying "Could not start the application", please follow these instructions:
http://www.yawcam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3477
/malun
Yawcam should work with java 1.8, and do so for most users.
If you see the following error messages when you try to start Yawcam, it is probably because something went wrong with the java installation.
The problem
The latest java version doesn't handle coexist or uninstall of the older version correct in some cases. It now tries to run Yawcam with java 1.7 even though java 1.8 is installed and it will stop with the error messages above. To get it all working again you will need to uninstall all java versions and then reinstall the latest version again.
The fix
To uninstall all java versions:
1) Click on the Windows start button and open the Control Panel.
2) Click on 'Programs and Features' to uninstall a program.
3) In the programs list, find all java versions
4) Uninstall them one by one, by right click and select Uninstall
When all java versions are gone, go to http://www.java.com and download and install the latest version.
After this, Yawcam should work again.
Still not working?
If you have followed the steps above and you get a new error message saying "Could not start the application", please follow these instructions:
http://www.yawcam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3477
/malun