Version 3.5 will not launch following Java update

[John37]

Please can someone help? I'm using Version 3.5 under Vista and it has been working beautifully for weeks. Then, yesterday I did a Java update. Now version 3.5 won't launch. I get the splash screen briefly, followed by an Application Error dialogue box saying "Unable to launch the application"

When I click on "Details" button I get these codes under "Launch File" tab (below) and the "Exception" tab (below that). How to get Version 3.5 to work again, please?

Launch File tab:

<jnlp spec="1.5+" codebase="http://www.sweethome3d.com/" href="SweetHome3D.jnlp">
<information>
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<vendor>eTeks</vendor>
<homepage href="http://www.sweethome3d.com/"/>
<description>Sweet Home 3D</description>
<description kind="short">Arrange the furniture of your house</description>
<icon href="SweetHome3DIcon.gif"/>
<icon kind="shortcut" href="SweetHome3DIcon32x32.png" width="32" height="32"/>
<icon kind="shortcut" href="SweetHome3DIcon48x48.png" width="48" height="48"/>
<icon kind="splash" href="SweetHome3DSplashScreen.jpg"/>
<offline-allowed/>
<shortcut online="false">
<desktop/>
<menu submenu="eTeks Sweet Home 3D"/>
</shortcut>
<association extensions="sh3d sh3l sh3f sh3t sh3p" mime-type="application/SweetHome3D"/>
</information>
<information locale="fr">
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<description kind="short">Amenagez les meubles de votre logement</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<information locale="pt">
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<description kind="short">Organiza as mobilias da sua casa</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<information locale="cs">
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<description kind="short">Sestavte si design interieru vaseho domu</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<information locale="pl">
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<description kind="short">Zaprojektuj wnetrze swojego domu</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<information locale="hu">
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<description kind="short">Keszitse el lakasanak belso kialakitasat!</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<information locale="se">
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<description kind="short">Fixa heminredningen i ditt hem</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.5+" max-heap-size="512m"/>
<jar href="lib/SweetHome3DJavaWebStartBootstrap.jar"/>
<jar href="lib/SweetHome3D.jar" part="SweetHome3D" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/Loader3DS1_2u.jar" part="Loader3DS" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/batik-svgpathparser-1.7.jar" part="Batik" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/freehep-vectorgraphics-svg-2.1.1.jar" part="FreeHep" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/sunflow-0.07.3g.jar" part="SunFlow" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/jmf.jar" part="JMF" download="lazy"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.deploymentInformation" value="Java Web Start"/>
</resources>
<resources os="Windows" arch="x86">
<jar href="lib/iText-2.1.7.jar" part="iText" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/windows/i386/java3d.jar" part="Java3D" download="lazy"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.lazyParts" value="SweetHome3D Loader3DS FreeHep SunFlow JMF iText Java3D"/>
</resources>
<resources os="Windows" arch="amd64">
<jar href="lib/iText-2.1.7.jar" part="iText" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/windows/x64/java3d.jar" part="Java3D" download="lazy"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.lazyParts" value="SweetHome3D Loader3DS FreeHep SunFlow JMF iText Java3D"/>
</resources>
<resources os="Mac\ OS\ X">
<jar href="lib/macosx/java3d.jar" part="Java3D" download="lazy"/>
<property name="apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar" value="true"/>
<property name="apple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz" value="true"/>
<property name="j3d.rend" value="jogl"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.lazyParts" value="SweetHome3D Loader3DS FreeHep SunFlow JMF Java3D"/>
</resources>
<resources os="Linux" arch="x86 i386">
<jar href="lib/iText-2.1.7.jar" part="iText" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/linux/i386/java3d.jar" part="Java3D" download="lazy"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.lazyParts" value="SweetHome3D Loader3DS FreeHep SunFlow JMF iText Java3D"/>
</resources>
<resources os="Linux" arch="amd64 x86_64">
<jar href="lib/iText-2.1.7.jar" part="iText" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/linux/x64/java3d.jar" part="Java3D" download="lazy"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.lazyParts" value="SweetHome3D Loader3DS FreeHep SunFlow JMF iText Java3D"/>
</resources>
<resources os="SunOS">
<jar href="lib/iText-2.1.7.jar" part="iText" download="lazy"/>
<extension href="http://download.java.net/media/java3d/w ... est.jnlp"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.lazyParts" value="SweetHome3D Loader3DS FreeHep SunFlow JMF iText"/>
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="com.eteks.sweethome3d.SweetHome3DJavaWebStartBootstrap"/>
</jnlp>


Exception tab:

JNLPException[category: Security Error : Exception: null : LaunchDesc:
<jnlp spec="1.5+" codebase="http://www.sweethome3d.com/" href="SweetHome3D.jnlp">
<information>
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<vendor>eTeks</vendor>
<homepage href="http://www.sweethome3d.com/"/>
<description>Sweet Home 3D</description>
<description kind="short">Arrange the furniture of your house</description>
<icon href="SweetHome3DIcon.gif"/>
<icon kind="shortcut" href="SweetHome3DIcon32x32.png" width="32" height="32"/>
<icon kind="shortcut" href="SweetHome3DIcon48x48.png" width="48" height="48"/>
<icon kind="splash" href="SweetHome3DSplashScreen.jpg"/>
<offline-allowed/>
<shortcut online="false">
<desktop/>
<menu submenu="eTeks Sweet Home 3D"/>
</shortcut>
<association extensions="sh3d sh3l sh3f sh3t sh3p" mime-type="application/SweetHome3D"/>
</information>
<information locale="fr">
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<description kind="short">Amenagez les meubles de votre logement</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<information locale="pt">
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<description kind="short">Organiza as mobilias da sua casa</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<information locale="cs">
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<description kind="short">Sestavte si design interieru vaseho domu</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<information locale="pl">
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<description kind="short">Zaprojektuj wnetrze swojego domu</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<information locale="hu">
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<description kind="short">Keszitse el lakasanak belso kialakitasat!</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<information locale="se">
<title>Sweet Home 3D</title>
<description kind="short">Fixa heminredningen i ditt hem</description>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<security>
<all-permissions/>
</security>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.5+" max-heap-size="512m"/>
<jar href="lib/SweetHome3DJavaWebStartBootstrap.jar"/>
<jar href="lib/SweetHome3D.jar" part="SweetHome3D" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/Loader3DS1_2u.jar" part="Loader3DS" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/batik-svgpathparser-1.7.jar" part="Batik" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/freehep-vectorgraphics-svg-2.1.1.jar" part="FreeHep" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/sunflow-0.07.3g.jar" part="SunFlow" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/jmf.jar" part="JMF" download="lazy"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.deploymentInformation" value="Java Web Start"/>
</resources>
<resources os="Windows" arch="x86">
<jar href="lib/iText-2.1.7.jar" part="iText" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/windows/i386/java3d.jar" part="Java3D" download="lazy"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.lazyParts" value="SweetHome3D Loader3DS FreeHep SunFlow JMF iText Java3D"/>
</resources>
<resources os="Windows" arch="amd64">
<jar href="lib/iText-2.1.7.jar" part="iText" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/windows/x64/java3d.jar" part="Java3D" download="lazy"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.lazyParts" value="SweetHome3D Loader3DS FreeHep SunFlow JMF iText Java3D"/>
</resources>
<resources os="Mac\ OS\ X">
<jar href="lib/macosx/java3d.jar" part="Java3D" download="lazy"/>
<property name="apple.laf.useScreenMenuBar" value="true"/>
<property name="apple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz" value="true"/>
<property name="j3d.rend" value="jogl"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.lazyParts" value="SweetHome3D Loader3DS FreeHep SunFlow JMF Java3D"/>
</resources>
<resources os="Linux" arch="x86 i386">
<jar href="lib/iText-2.1.7.jar" part="iText" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/linux/i386/java3d.jar" part="Java3D" download="lazy"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.lazyParts" value="SweetHome3D Loader3DS FreeHep SunFlow JMF iText Java3D"/>
</resources>
<resources os="Linux" arch="amd64 x86_64">
<jar href="lib/iText-2.1.7.jar" part="iText" download="lazy"/>
<jar href="lib/linux/x64/java3d.jar" part="Java3D" download="lazy"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.lazyParts" value="SweetHome3D Loader3DS FreeHep SunFlow JMF iText Java3D"/>
</resources>
<resources os="SunOS">
<jar href="lib/iText-2.1.7.jar" part="iText" download="lazy"/>
<extension href="http://download.java.net/media/java3d/w ... est.jnlp"/>
<property name="com.eteks.sweethome3d.lazyParts" value="SweetHome3D Loader3DS FreeHep SunFlow JMF iText"/>
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="com.eteks.sweethome3d.SweetHome3DJavaWebStartBootstrap"/>
</jnlp> ]
at com.sun.javaws.security.JNLPSignedResourcesHelper.checkSignedResourcesHelper(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.security.JNLPSignedResourcesHelper.checkSignedResources(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareResources(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareAllResources(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.prepareToLaunch(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.launchApp(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.continueInSecureThread(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

[Puybaret]

I would uninstall Sweet Home 3D with Java Control Panel (search Temporary Internet Files Subpanel in previous link), then install it again with Java Web Start .
You can also use the installer version which is bundled with Java. With this version, you won't get this kind of problem.

[John37]

Thank you, I used the Windows installer version and that solved the problem.
Is it recommended to accept future Java updates and then if there is a problem, uninstall and re-install Sweet Home 3D as you suggested?