How to re-install Ants with Java Web Start

**tsafa1** · February 3rd, 2005, 03:53 AM

Yesterday i had a problem with ants not connecting at all to either IRC or in getting peers. Also, occasionaly I have found that even though i know that a new version is available, Ants will simply not update no mater how many times i try. This is a problem that you must fix manualy by uninstalling and reinstalling Ants.

If you run Ants JWS, you must uninstall from JWS. To do this you find and run Javaws.exe It should be here: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\javaws.exe

you can create a shortcut on your desktop for future access. Double click on that file and when it open you should see the Application Cache Viewer. Go the tab that says User. There you will see Ants P2P. Right click on that and click Remove Aplication. Ants will be removed. This will not remove your hashed files or other information. Just the engine.

Now you will visit the JWS site:
http://www.myjavaserver.com/~gwren/Ants/antsp2p.jnlp
Ants will be reinstalled and should start right up. It may re-index your hash files and you are good to go.

I then like to create an ants shortcut on my desktop. You will do this by gong to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\javaws.exe and opening the Application Cache viewer. On the user tab you will right click on Ants P2P and then click on Install Shortcut. Then close viewer.

At this point Ants is fairly stable and transfers are pretty good if sources are available. So if you are having problems, this should fix it for you.

**shawners** · February 3rd, 2005, 05:26 AM

You made the mistake in installing it once, and then by doing it again =(

**CactusChris** · February 3rd, 2005, 05:53 AM

Don't know what Shawners means -??
wrt the updates never seem to automaticlly happen and need a couple of goes. I find that cancelling while the 'sequencing your files' or whatever it says is on and then immediate restart works best.
Best regards
Chris