Mike,
I found the following:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...ws-137915.html
As I understand it, the only way to detect the runtime is via the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment
key.
You can then use "Get Registry SubKey" to detect subkeys and (if available)
read the version and installation path.
But I think that one of the Jave patches introduced a problem and so
"JavaHome" is not always set:
http://forum.bigfix.com/viewtopic.php?id=6872
http://forum.bigfix.com/viewtopic.php?pid=29104#29104
Friedrich