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.