Symptoms

Attempting to attach a screenshot within JIRA results in error:

• ClassNotFoundException com.atlassian.jira.screenshot.applet.ScreeshotApplet.class

Cause

Relates to this bug here:  JRA-31838 - Getting issue details... STATUS

Resolution

This bug has been fixed with the release of JIRA 6.0

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