Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
The way that you remove old software is through the Windows
Control Panel
and
its set of utility icons, one of which is the
Programs and Features
icon (Windows 7
and 8), displayed in
Figure 1-1
. Note that in earlier versions of Windows, this utility
icon may be labeled differently, probably as something like
Add or Remove Pro-
grams
.
Figure 1-1
.
Use the Programs and Features utility icon to uninstall or change programs on your computer worksta-
tion
Click the Programs and Features link, or double-click the icon in previous versions
of Windows, to launch the utility. Then, scroll down to see if you have any old versions
of the Java development tools (Java 5, Java 6, or Java 7) installed on your workstation.
Note that if you have a brand new workstation, you should find no preinstalled versions
of Java or NetBeans on your system. If you do find them, return the system, as it may
have been used previously!
As you can see in
Figure 1-2
, on my Windows 7 HTML5 development workstation,
I had an older version of Java, Java 7, installed (on November 29, 2013), taking up
344MB of space. To remove a piece of software,
select it
by clicking it (it will turn
light blue), and then click the
Uninstall
button, shown at the top of the figure. I left the
tool tip
, which says, “
Uninstall this program,
” showing in the screenshot so that you
can see that if you
hover
your mouse over anything in the Programs and Features util-
ity, it will tell you what that feature is used for.
