Existing installation message will be issued if installer finds
reference to provided installation directory in productregistry file.
More details and workaround are available here:
http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Projects/InsExist
glassfish_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
>Existing installation has been detected in this directory
>
>I am using Windows XP.
>Had been using java_ee_sdk-5_03-preview2-windows.exe build.
>Then had all sorts of problems with Amonfigurator
>See: http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=37420&tstart=0
>Gave up waiting for answer,
>Decided to uninstall when I saw new version. Hoped bug might have been fixed.
>This time downloaded.
>java_app_platform_sdk-5_04-windows.exe
>Took uninstall menu option off Start Menu for old Java install
>Did a disasterous job of uninstalling
>Left service for app server
>Left menu
>Letf some entres in SDK folder.
>I deleted all these.
>Then still saw entries in control panel add/remove. clicked on these. Windows tidied up.
>Went through registry scanning for Sun/Java, deleting all keys where appropriate
>Still coming up against the message for:
>C:\Sun\SDK
>Existing installation has been detected in this directory
>What's going on?
>Any clues.
>I've completely obliterated C;\Sun\SDK....
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