Solved - Java 8u101 update blocked by windows firewall

[stampie]

Just a heads up for anyone using windows 10 to run minimwatch.

Two days ago java was updated to version jre-8u101-windows, and I started to get the annoying grey icon problem when running minimwatch.

After the usual digging around it seems that windows firewall decided to start blocking javaw.exe, which hasn't happened with other recent updates.

Adding a new 'inbound rule' under advanced settings solved the problem.

Thought this might save some time should it happen to anyone else.

BTW, I'm also running Norton Security, which didn't require any changes.

regards
Nick