Java Preferences.app aborting

[ishapiro]

I needed to install Java 1.6 (JavaForMacOSX10.5Update1) so I could run a Java Application that requires 1.6. I then went to "Java Preferences.app" to set the default VM to 1.6.

Each time I run Java Preferences.app it aborts without displaying the window for setting options.

Here is the top of the error log:

Process: Java Preferences [927]
Path: /Applications/Utilities/Java/Java Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/Java Preferences
Identifier: com.apple.java.JavaPreferences
Version: 12.1.0 (12.1.0)
Build Info: JavaApplicationSupport-1200000~2
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [67]

Date/Time: 2008-06-27 17:42:18.424 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.3 (9D34)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x00007fff8086c040
Crashed Thread: 0

I tried removing all of the java preferences files I could find. This did not work. I tried reinstalling the Java Preferences.app from TimeMachine. No help.

I even tried reinstalling the whole Java Framework tree from TimeMachine. No help.

Any help would be appreciated. My guess is that there is a corrupt plist file somewhere --- I just don't know where to look.