Hi folks.
I wanted to write an article about how to set up more than a calendar from google in the blackberry playbook. For getting some screenshots I tried to install the Playbook emulator but I found a problem interesting enough as writing this other article before that one in mind.
Playbook emulator is actually a x86 VMware image which runs under VMware player.
You may get the emulator at blackberry web page download section here.
The problem I had was the installator gave “Error 2 windows to load the Java VM” and then didn’t work anymore.
After a lot of tries and researching I found that the problem was due the Runtime version I’m using.
I used to have a lot of versions installed from 5 to the latest but now I just have the JRE 8. That is because I have the auto update activated so the Oracle guys have removed my previews versions. No only that, they say the JRE7 is not for download anymore.
I think they only say that to encourage you to forget previews versions of JRE8 because you could download it from them, here.
Once Installed the JRE7 you can now install the Playbook emulator for VMware.
Now the installator doesn’t give you that error anymore but depending which version of windows you are using you’ll get another challenge.
The installator is not compatible with your current UI. This is something I have had to deal other times. the own error is telling you what you need to do. Just launch the installator from command line (cmd) using the param -i GUI.
This is it. Thank you for visiting.
FedericoTech 