How to view .oxps (Open XPS) files on Windows 7

I didn't expect this simple thing to be so tricky, mostly because the utility name is not XpsConverter.exe but OxpsConverter.exe instead.  So here's a solution for you for when you cannot find an XpsConverter.exe:

In order to convert and view .oxps files on Windows 7 you need to use OxpsConverter.exe which should be located in C:\Windows\System32 folder, just try to run C:\Windows\System32\OxpsConverter.exe from command line.

If you don't have it, download and install a Windows update for you version from here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2732059

Using the converter is very simple, just run
C:\Windows\System32\OxpsConverter.exe "file_to_convert.oxps"
and it will open a small GUI asking you where to convert the file to .xps format which can be opened by default in Windows 7.

NOTE: If you don't have then try looking for XpsConverter.exe
in %programfiles%\Windows Kits\8.0\bin\ or %programfiles(86)%\Windows Kits\8.0\bin\
if you happen to have Windows Driver Kit 8 (WDK) installed.

oracle loadjava error: Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) occurred at PC=0x8077E76

After installing latest updates for Windows 7 64-bit recently, I've found out Oracle's loadjava is now giving me this error:



Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) occurred at PC=0x8077E76
Function=[Unknown.]
Library=C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\client_1\jdk\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll

...

Current Java thread:
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T2CConnection.t2cCreateState(Native Method)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T2CConnection.logon(T2CConnection.java:346)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection.<init>(PhysicalConnection.java:413)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T2CConnection.<init>(T2CConnection.java:131)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.T2CDriverExtension.getConnection(T2CDriverExtension.java:77)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:752)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512)
- locked <0x141ae388> (a java.lang.Class)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:140)
- locked <0x141ae388> (a java.lang.Class)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.DatabaseOptions.getConnection(DatabaseOptions.java:180)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.DatabaseOptions.connect(DatabaseOptions.java:123)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJavaState.getConnection(LoadJavaState.java:409)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJavaState.getOldMD5(LoadJavaState.java:696)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.ClientSchemaObject.getOldMD5(ClientSchemaObject.java:52)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.SchemaObject.doCreate(SchemaObject.java:172)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.SchemaObject.process1(SchemaObject.java:215)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJava.add(LoadJava.java:532)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJava.addObject(LoadJava.java:513)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJava.add(LoadJava.java:451)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJava.add(LoadJava.java:380)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJava.addJar(LoadJava.java:727)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJava.add(LoadJava.java:432)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJava.add(LoadJava.java:380)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJava.add(LoadJava.java:349)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJava.add(LoadJava.java:652)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJava.processDeferredFiles(LoadJava.java:617)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJava.process(LoadJava.java:818)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJava.command(LoadJava.java:251)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJavaMain.run(LoadJavaMain.java:103)
at oracle.aurora.server.tools.loadjava.LoadJavaMain.main(LoadJavaMain.java:28)

Dynamic libraries:
0x00400000 - 0x0040B000 C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\client_1\jdk\jre\bin\java.exe
0x77C80000 - 0x77E00000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
...

Heap at VM Abort:
Heap
 def new generation   total 576K, used 391K [0x10010000, 0x100b0000, 0x104f0000)
...

#
# HotSpot Virtual Machine Error : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
# Error ID : 4F530E43505002EF
# Please report this error at
# http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.4.2_08-b03 interpreted mode)
#

As the solution to this problem I found to be installing Oracle 11g (v. 11.1.0) client instead of existing 10g (v. 10.2.0) one, specifically win32_11gR1_client. Funnily enough, I wasn't even able to quickly find the client distributive on Oracle website so here's the link for you: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/112010-win32soft-098987.html