Java 6 Posing Trouble Win XP Profile

Java Torpedoes,

This is a Java 6 with WinXP (restricted env) trouble, I am facing.
JDK 1.6 installer has thrown certain .cab files in the path:-
C:\Documents and Settings\<nt-username>\Application Data\Sun\Java\jdk1.6.0_03

Issue is that, on our corporate network we have only 30MB allowed in this user profile space (C:\Documents and Settings\<nt-username>\), and these .cab files are summing up to 70MB.

Any pointer on the relevance/significance/importance of these .cab files in this location would be helpful. Is it safe to remove/delete them ??

Regards,
Jaideep

Why are you installing a JDK in "My Documents" rather than c:\Program Files?

And I think you probably can't safely delete those .cab files.

Installation is done in the default path (C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_03) itself.
The .cab files in C:\Documents and Settings\<nt-username>\Application Data\Sun\Java\jdk1.6.0_03 are getting added over and above installation.

To me, placement of these files (in C:\Documents and Settings\~~~\jdk1.6.0_03\) seems like a installer's activity at the time of install for temporary purpose, and not removed after that. (Ideally installer should have removed)

If somebody can concretely conclude this, I will remove these file safely now.

Campbell - C:\Documents and Settings is not the same as My Documents.

Jaideep - those files look like part of the install program - maybe they are needed for updating and/or uninstalling the JDK. It might be worth deleting them on a test machine and then see if the Change/Remove options in the Control Panel/Add or Remove Programs for the JDK still work.

Yes, I see what you mean. You are probably right Joanne, that these are temporary files which can be lost.

Thank you gentlemen, those files were installer's stuff, now removed and everything is working fine.

Regards,
Jaideep

Originally posted by Campbell Ritchie:
You are probably right Joanne, that these are temporary files which can be lost.

That isn't what I was saying. I was saying that they may be used by the [b]uninstall/modification process.

Just out of interest I gave it a try. After deleting those files I could still uninstall the JDK, but I couldn't use the Change button in the Add or Remove Programs dialog to modify the installation. It specifically complained about the missing files. However, I guess you could just rerun the install program if you wanted to modify the installation, so it appears the files can be deleted without any major problem.
[ February 07, 2008: Message edited by: Joanne Neal ]