Thats exactly what helped me. Had to disable cleartype
Hi Rjo,
Seems the revelent error message from his log is: "20132659 incompatible with Text-specific LCD contrast key"
Do you have the same in yours?
Googling for that turned up this post on Microsoft Answers:
...using Control Panel I turned off the ClearType option.
And it all started to work again: all my Java based software loads now.
If this helps you, I'll set this question as solved. If it doesn't, would you mind making a new thread and posting your own logs?
Thats exactly what helped me. Had to disable cleartype
Thanks 2464,
I disabled ClearType (on Windows 7 pro) and that didn't resolve the issue. Glad to hear that it works for others.
I had been using the same version/install for 6 - 8 monthis regularly without any problems. It just failed to launch one day. No recent java updates. I did an uninstall / reinstall last week, clearing anything I could find in the registry and disk. It still failed to start.... splash screen flashes for no more than 1 second. I did find that it launched successfully under 'Run as administrator'. I tried again this morning (same install) and it still fails, even running under admin.
Thanks again for your post.
Did you ever find a fix for this? I am suddenly having the same issues. I don't even get data added to my log files on start attempts, just a screen flash.
Hi! Yes. Just needed do disable ClearType fonts in windows settings.
