Oracle Java JRE 7 Update 51 MST

imageI created an MST-file for the Oracle JRE 7 Update 51 MSI and thought it would be a good idea to make it available for download.

Do note that in JRE 7 U45 there is a new exception-list which can be configured – another potential way to customize your package. See the exceptionlist documentation

How do you retrieve the Java 7 MSI-files?

See this FAQ answer for Oracle;

https://java.com/en/download/faq/msi.xml

Very detailed guide;

http://www.74k.org/extracting-java-msi-from-java-exe

How do you pre-configure settings for the deployment?

See this very detailed explanation from Oracle about deployment.properties;

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/deployment/deployment-guide/properties.html#overview

What does the MST file contain?

Registry-key to disable updates

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Update\Policy]
"EnableJavaUpdate"=dword:00000000
"EnableAutoUpdateCheck"=dword:00000000

Properties set to set security level for web-browsers to medium

WEB_JAVA_SECURITY_LEVEL set to M

(options are V for Very High and H for High (default)

Custom action to remove start menu shortcuts

Will remove the following directory;

%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Java

Download the MST-file here

There is a very detailed post on Itninja about the possibilites for deployment if more tweaking is necessary.

4 thoughts on “Oracle Java JRE 7 Update 51 MST

  1. Dooley Do Reply

    Also not a bad idea to disable the notifications for expiry using:

    deployment.expiration.check.enabled=FALSE

    Using SCCM we’ve decided to use DCM to deploy the deployment.properties file and to disable updates. That way we’ve so far been able to avoid having to create an mst for every release of JRE.

  2. Mykola Reply

    The problem with Java that you can not be sure that you disabled autoupdates or notifications until a new version appears.
    Nicke, have you checked the registry key with Java 7 u45 package?

  3. Evilslick Reply

    You can also use the following public property to disable the updates:

    AUTOUPDATECHECK = 0
    JAVAUPDATE = 0
    JU = 0

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