Chris, thanks.
Sorry I'm an (end user). even though I've never run windows, and I'm not new to os/2\eCS, I really lack
the knowledge that the hard core OS/2 lovers have.
here are two or three things I do notice about the libpath and path..
I see a lot of this ( C:\; or ;.

, also the gcc.dll in the libpath...Now I know from another person that
the libpath should not have a named file in it..so I am told.
the path should I have no Java 1.1.8 folder on my system, don't think I installed it
when I did the original install.. I did install innotek, but was having trouble with some java script
websites, so I bought the Golden Code version 1.4.1.. I did uninstall the innotek version.
I do have a few references to java 11 and its referenced many times in the "Classpath"
Except for 1 or 2 occurences Golden Code says to just unzip the program into a folder. and thats
all that is needed.
I'll be checking and try to remove unwanted paths and libs see if that helps..
Thanks again