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Legacy User Unable to Connect to Secure Global Desktop after Upgrade, Err: "java.lang.NullPointerException at java.io.File.(Unknown Source)" (Doc ID 2273219.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 23, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Secure Global Desktop - Version 4.63 to 5.3 [Release 4.0 to 5.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After the successful upgrade of an existing SGD deployment from 5.1 to 5.3, a long-time end user reported to the SGD Administrator that they were unable to successfully connect from their Windows desktop.  New users were not impacted.

In this scenario, the user saw the following record within the Java console when connecting via IE or Firefox:

 

 

Cause

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In this Document
Symptoms
Cause
Solution
 Reference: Locations for the SGD client, in order
 Resolution: Create an Accessible Client Install Path
References


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