If you install 1.4.0 JRE on Windows (tested XP and Win 2K)
in French locale, the RuntimeLib registry entry points to
the path%JAVA_HOME%\bin\hotspot\jvm.dll
which does not exist. Instead it should point to
%JAVA_HOME%\bin\client\jvm.dll

The entry is correct on English versions.

This causes problems for native applications launched using
the invocation API, and which locate jvm.dll via this registry
entry.

Screen shot attached.

Some more information. Apparently, this causes a problem
launching java (applets) with the Opera browser. So, the severity is
somewhat greater than initially thought.

I think the release notes should be updated to document the problem
and the workaround.

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