Flash CS3 – Error initalizing Java Runtime Environment
Yesterday, I ran into a problem where I tried to create a Flash movie containing a movieclip. While exporting I got the error : “Error initializing Java Runtime Environment. You may need to reinstall Flash.” I did some more investigation and the same error appeared when I drag a movieclip to the stage.
I also run a Java IDE accidentally and recently installed Java6 on my MacBook Pro. That is where the issue is. Check the following:
ktukker-mbp:Versions ktukker$ ls -al /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3 23 mei 08:14 /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK -> 1.6
If the CurrentJDK is linked to 1.6 Flash CS3 can’t start a 32bit JVM (dunno why it needs it, but it does on a Mac).
Execute:
cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/
sudo rm CurrentJDK
sudo ln –s 1.5 CurrentJDK
January 21st, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Thanks, that was exactly what i needed!
March 13th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Hi thank you for the tip,
a more convient way of switching the JDK versions is to have a link structure in
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/
that looks like
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5 8 Okt 16:18 1.5 -> 1.5.0
drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 272 13 Mär 14:30 1.5.0
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5 8 Okt 16:19 1.6 -> 1.6.0
drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 272 17 Okt 12:38 1.6.0
drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 306 8 Okt 16:19 A
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1 13 Mär 17:54 Current -> A
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1 13 Mär 17:58 CurrentJDK -> A
The link “CurrentJDK -> A” enables you to change the JDK with the “/Applications/Utilities/Java/Java Preferences.app”
August 28th, 2009 at 3:47 am
This is coming up for Flash CS4. How do I go about executing this fix through Terminal? Excuse my ignorance.
Hi Margaret: I could not reproduce this anymore for Flash CS4 (10.0.2), running on MacOS 1.5.7.
To link the CurrentJDK to “A” instead of “1.5″ as mentioned by Rene, do the following
cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/
sudo rm CurrentJDK
sudo ln –s A CurrentJDK