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I am running applications on my windows server that run on Java 1.4
In the bottom right hand corner, Java wants me to update. Is this going to update to Java 1.6, or do these auto-updates only put out non breaking patches and my system will still be Java 1.4
Any insight would be great!
Thanks.
Allowing the update will install a new Java 1.6 JVM on your machine. It very much depends on how your application is set up – if the path to your Java Home folder is coded into run scripts or configuration files, then it probably won’t affect you.
However, it will probably change the PATH to point to the new Java executable, so if your programs are run just using “java -jar SomeApp.jar” then it will affect you. Java 1.6 should be backwards compatible with Java 1.4 but it would be worth testing on a separate machine first!