OK, tried all sorts of things ... solar accounts runs on jre1.5.0.8 within its own directory ... does not look for a later Java anywhere else ... symbolic links did not work ... finally got somewhere by backing-up the installed jre1.5.0.8 and copying the contents of a jre6 directory into a fresh jre1.5.0.8 directory ... seems to work but have not yet had a full shakedown with an existing accounts file ... tbc
