Javaw.exe - No Disk

Question

I am running an application with a FileBrowser as part of it. I have built it in JBuilderX and it runs fine with that IDE.
I am now running it as a jar from the command line and am getting an error window appearing as the FileBrowser checks the directory's available and there are no disks in the floppy or CD drives. Pressing cancel removes the window and the app runs.
I have found several threads on this which have said that it is a problem when java makes a native call in java.io.WinNTFileSystem and that not all versions of java are affected.
I have this problem with java 1.4.2 and 1.5.0_05.
I have found a couple of work arounds:
1, Resetting the SecurityManager
SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
try {
System.setSecurityManager(null);
File.listRoots();
catch(Exception e) {
finally {
System.setSecurityManager(sm);
2, Calling the app in a different way.
Launch java.exe from within the context of another program such as VB which correctly tells the WinNTFileSystem native call not to show the dialog, but to throw a java.io.IOException instead
Neither of these work for me
Does anyone have experience of this problem and any other means of resolving it?

Answer 1

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Fred Blindheim ([email protected]):
Yes, I do have a Zip drive installed as my D: drive. Also, my RDBMS version is 8.1.7.0.0.
I don't know if it makes a difference, but I'm running Windows 2000 with service pack 1.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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