JDK-8011182 : Unable to enable the last jre remaining on the system
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: deploy
  • Sub-Component: plugin
  • Affected Version: 7u21
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: windows
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2013-04-01
  • Updated: 2015-08-12
  • Resolved: 2014-11-06
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7u80Fixed 8u40 b17Fixed 9Fixed
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-8010360 - Not able to "Enable" java using Java Tab under some scenarios
Description
* Scenarios:
- Install latest jre 8-b83 promotion
- Install latest jre 7u21-b10 promotion
- Select to disable jre 8 from the JCP-->Java-->View-->User
- Uninstall jre7u21

There is no way to enable jre 8 again from the Java control panel..
Go back to JCP-->Java-->View-->User and the jre8 enable checkbox is NOT selectable.
It is a dead end as the installed jre 8 is not usable from user perspective,

If trying to invoke an applet in this case, there is exception: 

Exception in thread "Thread-2" java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException: Index: 0
ze: 0
        at java.util.ArrayList.rangeCheck(ArrayList.java:603)
        at java.util.ArrayList.get(ArrayList.java:381)
        at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMManager.getBestJREInfo(Unknown Source)
        at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMManager.getBestJREInfo(Unknown Source)
        at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMManager.getOrCreateBestJVMInstance(Unk
 Source)
        at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMManager.startAppletImpl(Unknown Source
        at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMManager.startApplet(Unknown Source)
        at sun.plugin2.main.server.JVMManager.startApplet(Unknown Source)
        at sun.plugin2.main.server.MozillaPlugin.maybeStartApplet(Unknown So
)
        at sun.plugin2.main.server.MozillaPlugin.setWindow(Unknown Source)
Comments
Crucible review: https://java.se.oracle.com/code/cru/CR-JDK9CLIENT-579
05-11-2014
SQE-OK to defer this issue to 7u40
20-05-2013
not a showstopper for 7u25. 8 is not official released that. And workaround is to re-install JRE on the system. This is corner case where user disable JRE and uninstall JRE.
20-05-2013