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Originally Posted by William Campbell

I ran into this problem too, after getting a new laptop with Win7. All was well under XP previously, then this mysterious Java error popped up when I tried adding guide elements.

Fiddling with IE 9 did nothing for me, but I found one other way around the problem. Mobipocket Generator will create the e-book fine; the problem only lies in entering the info into the program's interface. So I circumvented the dated software by editing the .opf in Notepadd++. Once re-opening in Creator, the desired information shows up.

The code for the guide is at the end, just before the closing </package>

Here's an example that is for start point, copyright page, and location of the toc, referencing the internal .html file (nothing external).

<guide>
  <reference type="start" title="Start" href="emeralds-never-fade.html%23prologue"></reference>
  <reference type="copyright-page" title="Copyright Page" href="emeralds-never-fade.html%23copyright"></reference>
  <reference type="toc" title="Table of Contents" href="emeralds-never-fade.html%23contents"></reference>
</guide>

The %23 of course is the # symbol to indicate an internal reference. Worked for me, perhaps it will for others stuck as I was.

Thanks a lot! That worked great for me.

I used %23toc instead of contents though!

Didn't think uninstalling IE9 on Win7 is wise.