we are trying to install a newer version of java but are not able to because there is a program that is using a previous version. we dont know what that program is. is there a way to get a list of prgrams that are currently using java?
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we are trying to install a newer version of java but are not able to because there is a program that is using a previous version. we dont know what that program is. is there a way to get a list of prgrams that are currently using java?
An easy way which would cover majority of cases is this:
1. search for all files with the extension JAR
2. search for all files called java.exe file – usually programs which require java have the jre installed in their directory structure