I don’t know about you, but the latest release of the Java Runtime Environment is screwing up some apps for systems I deal with. After troubleshooting a bit, I decided I would remove it. Major dilemma, since it has some fixes I want, but functionality is broken.

Since remotely navigating Windows GUI is such a pain, here’s the fancy CLI shortcut suggested by Sun:

MsiExec.exe /x{3248F0A8-6813-11D6-A77B-00B0D0160010} /qn

Just in case you are curious, the versions are easy to insert for any other recent release. Note the difference in the 1.5.0_11 command:

MsiExec.exe /x{3248F0A8-6813-11D6-A77B-00B0D0150110} /qn

WARNING: uninstalling the JRE can remove all the associated Java applications.