Why do you need JAVA_HOME environment variable?

JAVA_HOME is defined as the environment variable explicitly by the systems engineers majorly for the below reasons. Note that java.home is always there inside JVM, whereas JAVA_HOME exists mainly in your shell environment and you may pass it to JVM as a system property. First and foremost reason is to ensure that your Java programs pick the right Java.exe. On Systems (Windows/Linux/Solaris), java.exe is duplicated in several places, for instance %JAVA_HOME%binjava.exe, $JAVA_HOMEjrebinjava.exe, and %SystemRoot%system32java.exe.  Without having $JAVA_HOME/bin at the beginning of the PATH, a java command will always resolve to %SystemRoot%system32java.exe, which may not be what you want. When you […]

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ManageSoft technical details

ManageSoft is one of the industry leading enterprise software deployment solution. Recently it has been acquired by the application repackaging software giant FlexeraSoftware. To manually force trigger the Managesoft policy refresh, run below command: C:>"C:Program FilesManageSoftPolicy Clientmgspolicy.exe" -t Machine To perform a policy refresh on a remot Windows Windows PC, invoke it which psexec: C:>psexec -i -s "C:Program FilesManageSoftPolicy Clientmgspolicy.exe" -t Machine PsExec v1.5 – execute processes remotely Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Mark Russinovich www.sysinternals.com C:Program FilesManageSoftPolicy Clientmgspolicy.exe exited on TEST1 with error code 0. C:> Managesoft client cache’s packages locally in below folder: C:Program FilesManageSoftLauncherCacheCommon<Application Name> Managesoft policy file is […]

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Understanding the Microsoft Office Products Version Number

How to understand the version number Microsoft Office products use the following syntax for the version number in the About dialog box: aa.bbbb.cccc This number represents three items: aa: The version of Office. bbbb: The version of the program executable file. For example, the Excel.exe file. cccc: The version of the Mso.dll file. Important When you install a service pack, the About Microsoft Product name dialog box adds the letters "SP" and the number of the service pack level. How these letters appear depends on the version of the Mso.dll file. Because not all updates change the version number that […]

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