diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index a40e0c11c..9e6e7e967 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public class Base {
     // because the platform has to be inited properly first.
 
     // Make sure a full JDK is installed
-    initRequirements();
+//    initRequirements();
 
     // run static initialization that grabs all the prefs
     Preferences.init(null);
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/windows/Platform.java b/app/src/processing/app/windows/Platform.java
index ddbf013c1..d0e9d135e 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/windows/Platform.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/windows/Platform.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 package processing.app.windows;
 
+import java.awt.EventQueue;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -57,6 +58,26 @@ public class Platform extends processing.app.Platform {
     checkAssociations();
     //checkQuickTime();
     checkPath();
+
+    //findJDK();
+    EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
+      public void run() {
+        findJDK();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+
+  protected void findJDK() {
+    try {
+      String currentVersion =
+        Registry.getStringValue(REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY.LOCAL_MACHINE,
+                                "SOFTWARE",
+                                "JavaSoft\\Java Development Kit\\CurrentVersion");
+      System.out.println("current version is " + currentVersion);
+    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException uee) {
+      uee.printStackTrace();
+    }
   }
 
 
@@ -199,22 +220,22 @@ public class Platform extends processing.app.Platform {
     // "\\Explorer\\Shell Folders";
     //String appDataPath =
     //  Registry.getStringValue(REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY.CURRENT_USER, keyPath, "AppData");
-    
+
     // Fix for Issue 410
     // Java 1.6 doesn't provide a good workaround (http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6519127)
     // Using JNA and SHGetFolderPath instead.
-    
+
     char[] pszPath = new char[Shell32.MAX_PATH]; // this will be contain the path if SHGetFolderPath is successful
     int hResult = Shell32.INSTANCE.SHGetFolderPath(null, Shell32.CSIDL_APPDATA, null, Shell32.SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, pszPath);
-    
-    if (Shell32.S_OK != hResult){ 
+
+    if (Shell32.S_OK != hResult){
       throw new Exception("Problem city, population your computer");
     }
 
     String appDataPath = new String(pszPath);
     int len = appDataPath.indexOf("\0");
     appDataPath = appDataPath.substring(0, len);
-    
+
     // DEBUG
     //throw new Exception("win: " + appDataPath);
     return new File(appDataPath, "Processing");
@@ -243,21 +264,21 @@ public class Platform extends processing.app.Platform {
     //  "\\Explorer\\Shell Folders";
     //String personalPath =
     //  Registry.getStringValue(REGISTRY_ROOT_KEY.CURRENT_USER, keyPath, "Personal");
-    
-    // "The "Shell Folders" key exists solely to permit four programs written 
+
+    // "The "Shell Folders" key exists solely to permit four programs written
     //  in 1994 to continue running on the RTM version of Windows 95." -- Raymond Chen, MSDN
 
     char[] pszPath = new char[Shell32.MAX_PATH]; // this will be contain the path if SHGetFolderPath is successful
     int hResult = Shell32.INSTANCE.SHGetFolderPath(null, Shell32.CSIDL_PERSONAL, null, Shell32.SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, pszPath);
-    
-    if (Shell32.S_OK != hResult){ 
+
+    if (Shell32.S_OK != hResult){
       throw new Exception("Problem city, population your computer");
     }
 
     String personalPath = new String(pszPath);
     int len = personalPath.indexOf("\0");
     personalPath = personalPath.substring(0, len);
-    
+
     // DEBUG
     //throw new Exception("win: " + personalPath);
     return new File(personalPath, "Processing");
@@ -328,7 +349,7 @@ public class Platform extends processing.app.Platform {
     public int _putenv(String name);
   }
 
-  
+
   public void setenv(String variable, String value) {
     //WinLibC clib = WinLibC.INSTANCE;
     clib._putenv(variable + "=" + value);
@@ -346,47 +367,47 @@ public class Platform extends processing.app.Platform {
     //return 0;
     return clib._putenv(variable + "=");
   }
-  
+
   // . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-  
+
   // JNA code for using SHGetFolderPath to fix Issue 410
   // Based on answer provided by McDowell at
   // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/585534/
   //      what-is-the-best-way-to-find-the-users-home-directory-in-java/586917#586917
-  
+
   private static Map<String, Object> OPTIONS = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-  
+
   static{
     OPTIONS.put(Library.OPTION_TYPE_MAPPER, W32APITypeMapper.UNICODE);
     OPTIONS.put(Library.OPTION_FUNCTION_MAPPER, W32APIFunctionMapper.UNICODE);
   }
-  
+
   static class HANDLE extends PointerType implements NativeMapped{}
-  
+
   static class HWND extends HANDLE {}
-  
+
   public interface Shell32 extends Library{
-    
+
     public static final int MAX_PATH = 260;
     public static final int SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT = 0;
     public static final int SHGFP_TYPE_DEFAULT = 1;
     public static final int S_OK = 0;
-    
+
     // KNOWNFOLDERIDs are preferred to CSDIL values
     // but Windows XP only supports CSDIL so thats what we have to use
     public static final int CSIDL_APPDATA = 0x001a; // "Application Data"
     public static final int CSIDL_PERSONAL = 0x0005;      // "My Documents"
-    
+
     static Shell32 INSTANCE = (Shell32) Native.loadLibrary("shell32", Shell32.class, OPTIONS);
-    
+
     /**
      * see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762181(VS.85).aspx
-     * 
+     *
      * HRESULT SHGetFolderPath( HWND hwndOwner, int nFolder, HANDLE hToken,
      * DWORD dwFlags, LPTSTR pszPath);
      */
     public int SHGetFolderPath(HWND hwndOwner, int nFolder, HANDLE hToken,
                     int dwFlags, char[] pszPath);
   }
-  
+
 }
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 281984296..74c203fb6 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ o   no crash when double-clicking a sketch and loading it (?)
 X   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=176
 X   also move back to using non-custom for 2.0 when we can drop QT support
 
+_ move initRequirements check for JVM to Runner
+
+_ grab tools.jar from reg keys?
+_ don't mess with reg keys until the app is loaded
+_   NPE causes trouble sometimes
+
 _ revisions.txt should have Windows line endings
 _   change in SVN to be platform specific
 _ add 64-bit Linux version to the next download