Runescape Error Message

[Clay_More12]

I just updated to the new Java after not playing for a while, when I click play, it show's the Java logo and then the loading bar, when that fills up, it says "Error, click for details"

 

I tried on Internet Explorer, didn't work, I also tried on Mozilla Firefox and it didn't work.

 

Any idea's?

[Ember]

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[Clay_More12]

When I click on the message, it says "There was an error while executuing the application." Click "Details" for more information."

 

When I click "Details" it's quite a long message, but this was at the top line "load: class loader.class not found."

[Sy_Accursed]

Best first step:

Completely uninstall java then reinstall

 

Odds are you'll have a good 3+ java updates listed under programs, the way java sends out updates is really messy on windows atleast and can cause it to self corrupt and bug out.

As an example freshly install java and you get say java platform 15.

Then when an update comes platform 15 stays but platform 16 will be added etc.

 

The more of these u accumulate the more chance of java going wrong you got. Its a good idea even when it doesn't go wrong to check once in a while and clean java out from a clean install.

[Ember]

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[Sy_Accursed]

Just because its said often doesn't mean it isn't good advice.

 

It's a widely known fact that after your system gets clogged up with several updates of java it does have a tendency to get a bit buggy. And like 8/10 errors while loading java applets are fixed by reinstalling java cleanly.

So if it works most of the time and even if it doesn't work is beneficial what's the point in wasting time digging really deep into an issue untill you ascertain the basics aren't going to work.

[Ember]

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[Sy_Accursed]

Well in terms of runescape not loading as java crashed like 8/10 doing a clean reinstall of java fixes it; which is relevant here. Sure this may not be the case with other java applications, but in terms of rs not loading clean installing java is a basic step that more often than not fixes the issue.

 

I don't know the exact technical reasons why it does it; all I know is that a file tweaked by updates is more likely to cause an error than a clean install; therefore on issues such as this doing a clean install isn't a bad first step. Sure doing a reinstall isn't a basic step for EVERYTHING (eg you would wanna use it as first port of call when an OS goes wrong) but Java takes all of 5 - 10 minutes to uninstall and put back and more often than not in RS related cases it solves the issue that resulted from a bugged or corrupted file within java.

[Markup]

It's a widely known fact that after your system gets clogged up with several updates of java it does have a tendency to get a bit buggy.

Common use of the word "clog" is to describe a mass which has accumulated as in a pipe and now restricts flow. Obviously, this is a poor analogy at best in modern computing.

This is no doubt easy enough to visualize that many will never consider that perhaps the closest analog to a clogged pipe in computing is caused by bus width and timing, which is a far more accurate analog to a narrow pipe with low pressure than a clog, and that clogs in that sense cannot exist without having the electrons parked on the circuitry in such a manner as to hinder the function of the equipment. It is vivid enough an image, but it is no analog for anything caused by concurrent Java installations.

 

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