noles20 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I recently used the built-in uninstaller to remove Java 8 after it started giving me problems. Now I am unable to reinstall it when I click on the jxpinstall the process opens up in task manager and then it suddenly quits without giving me any error message and the installer never runs. The same thing happens when I try to open jdk-8u161-windows-i586. It does not matter whether I use the offline or online installer as both do the same thing. I believe the uninstaller failed to remove the previous installation fully and as such there are leftover traces of the previous install that are preventing me from reinstalling Java. Thus, I would like for someone to tell me all the files related to the Java program and its registry entries so I can manually remove them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I can see you haven't searched this forum... Read this <link>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas S. Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Or this with an workaround 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 On 1/29/2018 at 7:39 PM, Thomas S. said: Or this with an workaround I confirm it does work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Horror Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 6 hours ago, dencorso said: I confirm it does work! It don't work for my IE8. Which browser do you use? UPD: it works with Firefox ESR 52.6.0 but not with IE8, i double-check this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 FF esr 52.6.0, IE8, New Moon 27.7.0a2 and Chrome 49.0.2623.112 m (Which doesn't care for Java, AFAICS). Are you sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdfox7 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) @Dave-H @dencorso @i430VX @Thomas S. @Yellow Horror Thanks everyone for the input. Java JRE 8 Update 162 is also working for me on Windows XP. I downloaded the file from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html (alternate http://sdfox7.com/xp/sp3/EOL/jre-8u162-windows-i586.tar.gz) and extracted this to my desktop, which gives you a folder called "jre-8u162-windows-i586". I then took that folder and placed it in C:\Program Files\Java, deleting the previous "152" folder. Java now works correctly. The only other thing I needed to do was update my Start Menu shortcuts, because they were previously directing to the "152" folder which no longer exists, since it is replaced by "162". I just had to edit the shortcut path and change "152" to "162". Thank you everyone who looked into this! Edited February 5, 2018 by sdfox7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I did a different procedure. I renamed the C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_152 folder C:\Program Files\Java\good_old_java, then created a new, empty, C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_152 folder and dropped the contents of jre-8u162-windows-i586.tar.gz inside it. It's safer, because, otherwise, there are too many registry entries containing the path to java to be corrected, which is tiresome and prone to errors. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Horror Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, dencorso said: Are you sure? Yes. I have similar output in the IE addons window, but when i try the "check your Java version" web page i get the empty rectangle with small red cross instead of Java aplet. UPD: the page start to work again in IE (and recommend me to update) just after i return the previous content to the Java installation folder (which is "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_152\" in my case). Edited February 4, 2018 by Yellow Horror Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Yeah. I confirm that. But did you test it and know for sure it was actually working with 8u152? I cannot be sure, because I use IE8 just for MU, which needs no java, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Horror Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 51 minutes ago, dencorso said: But did you test it and know for sure it was actually working with 8u152? Yes. As i say before, the java works again in IE after i return previously backuped old (8u152) files to the installation folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 There must be a setting somewhere we must find to enable it working in IE8. As it is, we can get it working only in FF esr 52.6.0, IE8 and New Moon 27.7.0a2. In any case, I can live with that, for the time being. As I said, for me, IE8 is just for MU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-H Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) I assume you meant "FF ESR 52.6.0" not "FF ESR 56.6.0" Den. I only ask because you said 56.6.0 in a previous post too! Edited February 5, 2018 by Dave-H Amendment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-H Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 @sdfox7 Your link doesn't work as it stands, as it bypasses the license acceptance procedure. You have to go here first to get the file as far as I can see - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdfox7 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 3 hours ago, Dave-H said: @sdfox7 Your link doesn't work as it stands, as it bypasses the license acceptance procedure. You have to go here first to get the file as far as I can see - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html @Dave-H Anyone can accept the license agreement, or you can use my direct link. I'll update the link in my previous post. http://sdfox7.com/xp/sp3/EOL/jre-8u162-windows-i586.tar.gz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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