Opening JNLP File in Java 6 JRE instead of JRE 7

Question

I have Java 6-based Java Web Start application that I need to open on a Windows machine. The machine has JRE 7 installed, with JRE 6 copied manually to the Program Fil

Answer 1

I have Java 6-based Java Web Start application ..How can I force JRE 6 just for this application?

Use an appropriate version attribute in the j2se element.

    
    
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Warning

This solution no longer seems to work for installing earlier versions of the JVM!

The best reason I can think of for why it would fail to work is that Oracle is tiring of releasing security updates for earlier Java versions - so is forcing every user to use the latest JVM.