JDK-6684529 : 32-bit and 64-bit installers can overwrite each others temporary files
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: install
  • Sub-Component: install
  • Affected Version: 6u10
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: windows_2003
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2008-04-04
  • Updated: 2010-09-17
  • Resolved: 2008-06-16
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6u10 b25Fixed 7Fixed
Description
6u10 64-bit JRE and the 32-bit JRE installers both write files with the same name to %APPDATA%\Sun\Java\jre1.6.0_10

If both installs are launched near the same time, one may overwrite the other one's files.

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Sun\Java\
jre1.6.0_10:

04/04/2008  12:31 PM        11,798,960 Data1.cab
04/04/2008  12:31 PM           506,880 jre1.6.0_10.msi
Comments
EVALUATION Both the wrapper and online wrapper need to make this change. Also, the Regutils CustomAction that removes the cached msi during uninstall needs to know the new name of the dir.
30-04-2008
EVALUATION The fix should be to append "-x64" to the extraction directory for 64bit. The 32-bit directory name can remain the same.
30-04-2008
SUGGESTED FIX x64 install to use %APPDATA%\Sun\Java\jre1.6.0_10_x64
04-04-2008