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Experiencing Java failure at boot time
Reader Owen Krist’s PC is experiencing a hard-to-identify error at startup.
- “Whenever I boot up, the very first thing that shows up are four small windows, each with the message ‘Java virtual machine launching.’ Right below that it says, ‘Unable to access jarfile C:Documents,’ and below that is a small button that says, ‘OK.’
“I’m hoping you can advise me about getting rid of these windows. It was never like that in the past. It started about a month ago.
“Please be very specific with your reply, as I am not an expert.”
My sympathies, Owen. That’s not much to go on — no meaningful error message, hardly more than an OK button to work with!
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