outlook does not use sun's jre instead of msjvm

[Andreas Wilkens]

Hello,

I have a problem concerning Outlook 2000 on a Windows 2000 OS.

An Outlook-Folder is associated to a Folder-Homepage (an Intranet-Site)
which contains an Java-Applet.

When Outlook tries to run the Applet, an error occurs ("...could not be
inited")

On the same computer the applet runs fine with Internet Explorer.

All I found out is that IE uses the installed Sun JRE 1.5.0. But Outlook
uses MSJVM.

How can I tell Outlook to use Sun's JRE?

I have already checked all security options that could prevent running
an applet.

I tried the same configuration on WinXP (Outlook 2000, JRE 1.5.0). In
this situation, Outlook automaticly uses Sun's JRE and the applet works
fine.

Thanks for help
Andreas Wilkens

 

[Andreas Wilkens]

Nobody could help me, but after a long search I found a solution myself.
Maybe somebody finds this messege with google or so.

Here is the answer:

The problem can be solved by editing the Windows 2000 Registry.

There is a key that tells outlook to use msjvm.
Search for "msjava.dll" in the registry. You get a couple of positions
within the registry where this dll is used.

You have to change this to another dll provided by sun's jre.
I forgot the name of sun's dll. If you need it, just write me an email.

After changing the registry, outlook works fine with applets.

Andreas