Blackberry 9800 Simulator Crashing When Launching Browser

Question

The Blackberry 9800 simulator is crashing when launching the browser, throwing

JVM Error 104: Uncaught IllegalStateException.

This is a clean install of the simulator with no 3rd party applications installed to it. I strictly wanted to use it for testing web applications. All other applications on the device seem to work without error.

Screen shot: http://i.imgur.com/ssXZs.png

Answer 1

I'm getting the same problem. I am running the simulator on Windows 7. It seems from other posts that folks are able to run the browser from within the simulator if they are running Windows XP. Joy :(

Answer 2

I managed to get it working.

1. Exit the Simulator (if running)
2. Go to c:\program files\Research In Motion
3. Right click BlackBerry Smartphone Simulators 6.0.0
4. Click Properties
5. Select the Security Tab
6. Click The Edit button
7. Click the Add... button
8. Add your user account to with "Full control" checked
9. Click the OK button

Launch the simulator and all should be well.

Answer 3

I was having the same browser-is-crashing-simulator issue but Allen's answer above fixed it.

No pts yet, cant vote :(

Answer 4

Same problem here Sam. Allens answer is a winner.