We are running IE9 and Java 1.7 Update 51 (WIN7) in our environment and I am having a heck of a time getting rid of the following popup.
Since update 55 was released, users get the following prompt when brought to a Java page. Of course, if they hit Later, the Java app will run and the world is safe. But people hit different things and it's my job to herd the cows in the right direction.
What I found is that by adding the following Reg Key to HKCU
HKCU\Software\AppDataLow\Software\JavaSoft\DeploymentProperties /v deployment.expiration.check.enabled /t REG_SZ /d false /f
it will suppress the prompt. So I was planning on iterating through all user profiles and adding the key. But, after a reboot, my key is deleted and on the next launch of a Java app, I will get a prompt.
I'm prepping Update 55 for my environment and would like to get rid of this prompt for future releases of Java.
I also tried to use a deployment.properties file with the following data inside it:
deployment.expiration.check.enabled=false deployment.expiration.decision.suppression.10.51.2=true deployment.expiration.decision.10.51.2=later
I placed that file in the user directory C:\Users\%username%\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment after an installation of Java.
That didn't work either.
2 Answers
I have been wrestling with that annoyance also and I discovered that the HKCU\Software\AppDataLow\Software\JavaSoft\DeploymentProperties registry key gets its values from the user's deployment.properties file.
I have been deleting the file, recreating it then writing the properties/values that I want before Java loads. I have been running from the all users start up successfully on a Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit test computer for the past two days.
Here is a PowerShell function that has worked for me:
Function JavaProperties
{
$userProfile = $Env:USERPROFILE
Remove-Item -Path "$($userProfile)\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.properties" -Force
New-Item -Path "$($userProfile)\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment" -ItemType File -Name "deployment.properties"
$deployFroperties = Get-ChildItem -Path "$($userProfile)\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where{$_.Name -eq "deployment.properties"} | Select -ExpandProperty FullName
$expDecision = New-TimeSpan -Start $($(Get-Date).ToString()) -End "January 1, 2020 11:59:00 PM" | Select -ExpandProperty TotalMilliseconds
$expDecision
Add-Content -Path $deployFroperties -Value "deployment.expiration.decision.suppression.10.51.2=true" -Force
Add-Content -Path $deployFroperties -Value "deployment.expiration.decision.10.51.2=later" -Force
Add-Content -Path $deployFroperties -Value "deployment.expiration.decision.timestamp.10.51.2=$expDecision" -Force
Add-Content -Path $deployFroperties -Force -Value "deployment.system.tray.icon=true"
}#End Function JavaProperties
Well in addition some stuff I got out discovering Java web start Decompiling c:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_66**jre\bin\plugin2\npjp2.dll** in IDA6 Hexrays
These settings are involed:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER, SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\DeploymentProperties\pending
deployment.expiration.decision.11.66.2 = update|block|later
deployment.expiration.decision.suppression.11.66.2 true
deployment.expiration.decision.timestamp.11.66.2 86401..18446744073709551616 (<- 0xFFFFFF FFFFFF)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER, SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\DeploymentProperties
deployment.expiration.decision.11.66.2
deployment.expiration.decision.suppression.11.66.2
deployment.expiration.decision.timestamp.11.66.2
deployment.webjava.enabled false
deployment.expiration.decision.ttl.11.66.2 86401..18446744073709551616 (<- 0xFFFFFF FFFFFF)
for below windows vista leave out the "SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\" part
so feel free to play around with this and you may also try these values as enviroment settings like this
Startbrowser.cmd
set deployment.expiration.decision.11.66.2=later
set deployment.expiration.decision.suppression.11.66.2=true
Firefox.exe %*
Okay that it.
At the end some pseudo code. Take it as hint. And don't be to serious -in case it's confusing just ignore it.
BOOL __stdcall DllMain(HINSTANCE hinstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved)
StringCompare
~otherStrings~ VIA mbscmp
~timestamp~ VIA sscanf "%llu" (<-unsigned long long int)
GetFromEnvOrReg_Depl_pending FORALL
deployment.expiration.decision.11.66.2
deployment.expiration.decision.suppression.11.66.2
deployment.expiration.decision.timestamp.11.66.2
deployment.expiration.decision.11.66.2 ==
update 1
block 2
later 3
if NoValidValue
GetFromEnvOrReg_Depl FORALL
deployment.expiration.decision.11.66.2
deployment.expiration.decision.suppression.11.66.2
deployment.expiration.decision.timestamp.11.66.2
deployment.expiration.decision.suppression.11.66.2
true
deployment.expiration.decision.timestamp.11.66.2
GetFromEnvOrReg_Depl
deployment.webjava.enabled
false
if success return false
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ unfinished
deployment.expiration.decision.ttl.11.66.2
ttl+604800 (or +10 if decision is 'later' )
compare is bigger as timestamp
if ... decision is not 'block' return false
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FUNC GetFromEnvOrReg_Depl_pending ( $Value )
MSVCR100.getenv
if success return $result
RegOpenKeyExA
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
isVistaOrAbove
SOFTWARE\AppDataLow\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\DeploymentProperties\pending
SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\DeploymentProperties\pending
RegQueryValueExA $Value
if success Return $result
FUNC GetFromEnvOrReg_Depl ( $Value )
*same* but with
SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\DeploymentProperties
FUNC isVistaOrAbove
GetVersionExA
VersionInformation.dwPlatformId == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT (2) &&
VersionInformation.dwMajorVersion >= 6
