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when ever I try to use the text editor of my email program (roadrunner) it will not work because of improper loading of java. This only happens in the firefox broswer. With ie or AOL it works fine

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This is the message I get

Java Plug-in 1.6.0_14 Using JRE version 1.6.0_14-b08 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\Owner


c: clear console window f: finalize objects on finalization queue g: garbage collect h: display this help message l: dump classloader list m: print memory usage o: trigger logging q: hide console r: reload policy configuration s: dump system and deployment properties t: dump thread list v: dump thread stack x: clear classloader cache 0-5: set trace level to <n>


java.lang.ClassFormatError: Incompatible magic value 1008807213 in class file com/openwave/paf/htmleditor/HTMLEditor at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.createApplet(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Exception: java.lang.ClassFormatError: Incompatible magic value 1008807213 in class file com/openwave/paf/htmleditor/HTMLEditor

This is the message I get Java Plug-in 1.6.0_14 Using JRE version 1.6.0_14-b08 Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM User home directory = C:\Documents and Settings\Owner ---------------------------------------------------- c: clear console window f: finalize objects on finalization queue g: garbage collect h: display this help message l: dump classloader list m: print memory usage o: trigger logging q: hide console r: reload policy configuration s: dump system and deployment properties t: dump thread list v: dump thread stack x: clear classloader cache 0-5: set trace level to <n> ---------------------------------------------------- java.lang.ClassFormatError: Incompatible magic value 1008807213 in class file com/openwave/paf/htmleditor/HTMLEditor at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadCode(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.createApplet(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Exception: java.lang.ClassFormatError: Incompatible magic value 1008807213 in class file com/openwave/paf/htmleditor/HTMLEditor

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You are 8 updates behind for Java. See if updating Java helps.

  1. Update the Java plugin to the latest version.

I tried all the suggestions you mentioned and I still have the same Problem. My mail service works just fine in IE & AOL but not Firefox, all due to Java