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With all of the security exploits that have come up from Microsoft's Java VM along with wanting to steer away from Microsoft wherever possible many people have asked how to uninstall MS's Java VM.

1.) Click Start then find Run.

2.) Enter the command:
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection java.inf,UnInstall

After hitting enter or clicking on OK you will get a box that looks like this:

3.) Click Yes to uninstall this or no to keep it. If you select yes the next box will pop up to show you that it is being deleted.

4.) Then you will be given a box saying that you need to reboot your computer. Save all of your work and reboot.

5.) Now there's a few additional things that you will need to delete to have this finalized.
%systemroot%\system32\jview.exe
%systemroot%\system32\wjview.exe
%systemroot%\java
%systemroot%\inf\java.pnf

6.) There are two registry subkeys that you'll need to remove.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Java VM
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\JAVA_VM

If you still want to run java on your system then you should install Sun's java available here.