Java app uses own launcher and bundles JDK but OS X still insists that Java SE 6 be installed

Mike Swingler swingler at apple.com
Thu May 16 12:48:02 PDT 2013


On May 16, 2013, at 9:29 AM, Davin McCall <davmac at davmac.org> wrote:

> On 16/05/13 17:11, Davin McCall wrote:
>> 
>> Any other suggestions?
> 
> Ah, never mind. It seems that the system is doing some caching here; if I download a fresh copy of the app, and change the Java dictionary name before the first attempt to open the app, it doesn't request Java 6.
> 
> So, problem solved - thanks for your help.

Just renaming the app, and then renaming it back to the original name should flush the cached entry in the LaunchServices database.

Glad you got it figured out,
Mike Swingler
Apple Inc.



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