Are you unable to run the JavaME SDK 3.0 emulator on Windows 7? Workaround found!

posted by on May 08 2010 in Software Development

If you get this error message when trying to run midlets through the built-in emulator of the JavaME SDK 3.0, try disabling DEP for runMidlet.exe.

Error message given by Netbeans and/or Eclipse:

*** Error ***

Failed to connect to device 0!

Reason:

Emulator 0 terminated while waiting for it to register!

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) configuration can be found at the following place in Windows: Control Panel > System Security > System > Advanced system Settings > Advanced tab > Performance > Data Execution Prevention.

Add this file to the DEP exclusion list:

<javame-install-dir>\runtimes\cldc-hi-javafx\bin\runMidlet.exe

If things work for you now, complain loudly to Sun (now Oracle) that they need to make software without buffer overflows.

Personally I filed a bug-report against the JavaME SDK 3.0. You should do that too, or make your voice heard on the same bug-report that you're having this problem as well.

This entry was posted by and is filed under Software Development. Tags: crash, data execution prevetion, dep, emulator, j2me, java, javame, midlet, runmidlet_exe

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Comment from: cozmint [Visitor]

Excellent!
Thank you very much for sharing!

Comment from: Jose [Visitor]

5 stars

Great contribution!

Thanks!!!!!

Comment from: Ressy [Visitor]

God Bless You!

(Don't know how you figured that out but you're a freakin' genius!!)

For me the emulators worked, but after installing nokia's sdk everything was ruined.

Comment from: robin [Member]

@Ressy Using Process Monitor from sysinternals.com indicated that the .exe had a buffer overflow error. Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is designed to block that kind of thing, because it is a potential security threat. Putting the .exe into the exception list allows it to overflow as much as it wants. Sun/Oracle should really fix their code so that hacks like these are not required.

It might be that the Nokia emulator is experiencing a similar problem. Looking at Process Monitor while you're trying to start your MIDLet should probably identify why some .exe misbehaves.

Comment from: Nuno [Visitor]

5 stars

Thanks a lot...

A very long time that a i have to solve this problem.

Comment from: Niks [Visitor]

For the same OS(Windows 7), with wtk 2.5 the emulator stopped working after half a second in eclipse Ide. So for that what could be the solution.

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