Classpath issue when running 8.5.1 standard client

After some trial and error we found an issue with the new 8.5.1 Standard Eclipse Notes client.

If you have issues with the Standard client like is is not starting properly (e.g. some hanging around notes2.exe process not doing anything) please check if you have a Java classpath environment variable set.

We saw Windows-XP users with the following classpath on their machines:

.;C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\ext\QTJava.zip

Removing this classpath resolved the issue for us - the client started just fine.

Using the Basic client was always possible - even with this environment variable set.

I’m posting this here to share this knowledge in case someone runs into this…and in case there should be no IBM technote for this.

If you know a technote number, please post it here.

Uwe

Subject: IBM Notes Client Hangs on Splash Screen After Entering Password

Hi. Thanks for your post, very helpful. Looks consistant with this technote. We are seeing this issue where the Notes client 8.5.3 is hanging on the launch splash screen displaying loading… please wait.

http://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21502708.