Apple released Safari 5 today but unfortunately it wasn’t quite as successful as they’d hoped. For several people running Windows (myself included) the following error appears when trying to launch it:

The procedure entry point JSValueMakeFromJSONString could not be located in the dynamic link library JavaScriptCore.dll

Thanks for that, Apple. I guess the Windows release wasn’t tested very well. Hopefully they’ll release an update to fix this issue soon. And knowing Steve, someone will lose their job and then be shot and run-over in a series of unfortunate events.

Update

To solve this issue do the following:

• Uninstall Safari
• Uninstall Apple Application Support
• Delete the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Safari
• Delete the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support
• Reinstall Safari

You *must* delete those folders because the installer is ‘clever’ and won’t overwrite existing files. The Uninstaller on the other hand is rubbish and leaves most of the files on your disk (hence an uninstall and reinstall without deleting the folders won’t work).