Multiple versions...how do I change the default?

It seems like there are 10 ways to change the version of java when you have more than one installed and none of them seem to work for me.
Have a 1.4, a 1.5 and a 1.6 installed.
When I run "java -version" I always get back 1.6
I can't seem to figure out how to change it to 1.5
I edit my path to remove the 1.6 jdk bin directory and put in the 1.5
Then I find out that the Java it is using is in c:\winnt\system32\java
So then I go to the control panel and I have two different Java icons in there.
On the Java tab I see "Java Applet Runtime Settings" as well as "Java Application Runtime Settings"
The 2nd one (application runtime settings) says it is only affects things launched with jnlp.
That doesn't help me from the command line.
How do I change which java version is used from the command line?
Should I just remove c:\winnt\system32\java and have it use whatever is in my path?
Thanks,
~Eric

Clearing up potential confusion.
The information in the second post applies only to running applets.
The preferred way to run a certain java version from the commandline is to use the full path to the version of jave.exe that you want to execute. (If you don't specify the full path, the os executable's path is searched and the first java.exe it finds is used.)

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