Installing jEdit for ALL users under XP
Submitted by Friday, 26 March, 2004 - 03:51
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I know its a stupid question but I can't find the answer.
How do I install jEdit on XP for ALL users?
I installed jEdit on XP as administrator.
Normal users have "Open with jEdit" on the context menu but jEdit won't run.
This is what I have tried:
a) Installing jEditLauncher as user
Run jEdit.exe, say yes to install jEditLauncher, point at my java executable
Result ==> "JEdit.JEditLauncher - The system cannot find the file specified."
b) User reinstalls jEdit himself.
Install appears to complete OK.
Result ==> Still no Start Menu Entry, no shortcut on desktop, no jEditLauncher, no GO
c) set jedit parameters (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=718007)
I didn't try this because I have no idea what it means.
d) Run jEdit.jar
This works but the context menus still don't work. Since I almost always launch jEdit
from the context menus, this is not really satisfactory.
e) Manually edit registry
Logon as Administrator, run RegEdit, export HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software/www.jedit.org =>jedit.reg
Logon as unprivileged user, run Regedit import jedit.reg into HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software
This appears to work. But users shouldn't have to edit the registry.
thanks
Russell Thamm
How do I install jEdit on XP for ALL users?
I installed jEdit on XP as administrator.
Normal users have "Open with jEdit" on the context menu but jEdit won't run.
This is what I have tried:
a) Installing jEditLauncher as user
Run jEdit.exe, say yes to install jEditLauncher, point at my java executable
Result ==> "JEdit.JEditLauncher - The system cannot find the file specified."
b) User reinstalls jEdit himself.
Install appears to complete OK.
Result ==> Still no Start Menu Entry, no shortcut on desktop, no jEditLauncher, no GO
c) set jedit parameters (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=718007)
I didn't try this because I have no idea what it means.
d) Run jEdit.jar
This works but the context menus still don't work. Since I almost always launch jEdit
from the context menus, this is not really satisfactory.
e) Manually edit registry
Logon as Administrator, run RegEdit, export HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software/www.jedit.org =>jedit.reg
Logon as unprivileged user, run Regedit import jedit.reg into HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software
This appears to work. But users shouldn't have to edit the registry.
thanks
Russell Thamm