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Error 1606 On Java
Error 1606 On Java
- Hi I Keep Trying TO DOwnload The New Java Update And I Keep Getting That Message And I've Tried everything IM Ready To Throw My Laptop OnThe FLoor SOme One Please Help Me Im DOing This On My Own Im Repeatedly Trying The Steps And Keep Getting The Error Message How DO I Get This From Not Happening Please SOme One Help1 person got this answerI do too
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- Hi Kclimer,
You can go to Control Panel>Programs & Features and make sure all Java entries are uninstalled. Reboot.
Then download JRE 6 Update 14 from here:
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
Install it again.
Let us know if you need further asssistance,
Kevin
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.- Marked As Answer byKevin - Support Engineer Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:49 PM
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- shayvon,
These errors are InstallShield error codes, which indicate that an action failed during installation process.
SOLUTION
Please try to download and install the offline installer from the official Java site:
:http://www.java.com/en/download/help/download_error_codes.xml
If you have any problems or need additional help just let us know.
Thank you,
Gloria
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.- Marked As Answer byAnthony - Support Engineer Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:00 AM
- Unmarked As Answer byBarb WinterMSFT, ModeratorWednesday, June 24, 2009 9:46 PM
- thank u gloria but thats still not working i dont even know how this happened Omg Its Stressin Me Out I cant download or update any thing i keep recieving cannot access network %appdata% Or something of that nature plz help me
- Proposed As Answer byjader4219 Saturday, November 14, 2009 8:52 AM
- could you possibly help me with the same problem? Except the offline version does not work either. I really need this for a class!
Hi shayvon and Kclimer
Thank you for Posting on Microsoft Answers.
This problem occurs when the server is too busy or when the network is too congested to serve the file. Please retry by running the installer again. This information supplied from the following link
http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=655442
If you still have issues, please close all Browsers and start Internet Explorer without Add-ons:
Click on Start
Click on All Programs
Click on Accessories
Click on System Tools
Click on Internet Explorer (No Add-ons) – it may also say (Without Add-ons)
Please reply back and let us know if this is still an issue, if so we will continue troubleshooting - thank you
Ken
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.- Edited byKen - Former Support Engineer Saturday, June 27, 2009 7:11 PMFixed typo
- Thank you for helping me, but that still did not work. I am still getting the error "1606. Cannot access network location %AppData%\". I am wondering if it could be something to do with the registry? I have checked some of the values and they appear to be correct, all except for the default. I am not sure what is supposed to be listed there. Can you help in this area? I appreciate it so much.
- Hi Kclimer,
You can go to Control Panel>Programs & Features and make sure all Java entries are uninstalled. Reboot.
Then download JRE 6 Update 14 from here:
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
Install it again.
Let us know if you need further asssistance,
Kevin
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.- Marked As Answer byKevin - Support Engineer Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:49 PM
- Same problem here...what has changed??? except for Microsoft updates in the background???
Also going out of my brain. Friday Java worked, now it is broken and I can't upgrade / downgrade..nothing
Always get Error 1606 when I try to install it.
Hope there is an easy fix for something I did not change in the first place... - Look at the posts marked as answers in this thread. They should help you resolve the problem (or didn't they work)?
- I have followed *all* instructions above... (thats how I got to the bottom of this thread ;)
So let me tell you a little more about what I am doing and what I have... I hope that will help to solve my problem.
History:
4 days ago in the morning, java was working fine.
I did not install any new programs
In the afternoon, my java chatroom I use was not working.
So...I spoke to others through messenger and was told no problem with the chatroom
Yesterday, I tried to install the lastest Java BOTH online and offline
Ofcourse I removed all (2) previous installations of Java through control panel.
Also I tried to install in, Explorer, Chrome and I even downloaded Firefox (just to try to install this java) and none of these worked.
Errors:
If I try to install from the offline version, I get the following message;
Error 1606. Could not access network location %APPDATA%\
If I try to install the online version
uncompression of downloaded file failed
Conclusions:
The fact that I can install another program (such as Firefox) gives me hope that it is not a global system problem
Extra info:
I am running a fairly fresh installation of Windows Vista (approx 2 months old)
It is a bare bones installations with just basic programs and add-ons installed (eg, flash java, antivirus, firewall etc)
It has been rock solid and stable and no other problems with installing programs or general operations of Windows Vista.
My system is up to date with all updates from Microsoft.
Hope this helps...
and thank you for yor time
Regards,
Jc - The experts have gone quiet...perhaps I am in the wrong forum for help with a Microsoft problem because it involves Java?...The latest java downloads fine for my linux o/s...maybe I should be spending less time here and more time on Linux...Thanks anyway to anyone who took the time read my problem....I can't live without Java (need my chatroom) so I must either re-install windows and hope the problem will not come back when I install the microsoft updates (too paranoid not to install the updates) OR start getting used to linux.... and I must say Linux is certainly coming of age and has a lot of community support.... not that it needs it for Java because Java simply works under my Linux installation...Jc
- See if this article helps you: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/59c3a93d-1342-43a6-a01a-f720c7a17ffc1033.mspx.
- My recent problems with Error 1606 are with trying to download Java. However, my previous computer (I had it for 2 weeks) could not install Live Messenger, or Microsoft Enterprise Office HUP, or drivers for my Canon printer due to Error 1606. When I took the computer back the guys at Geek Squad offered to check the registry, and it really lit up. "Oh yeah, lots of registry problems." So they worked on it for 45 minutes and found they were getting lots of undefined errors. They recommended I exchange computers, which I did (swapped the EMachines for a Compaq). That was yesterday. HUP has loaded fine, so has Messenger and Yahoo talk. But when asked to download Java to support Runescape, Error 1606 popped up again. I did a full system scan with Norton and they found just one tracking cookie, which was resolved. This is just freaky. And all of the "answers" that seem to be out there are guesses. Windows 7.
- i was having the same error and i found a very simple solution: AFTER you download the required files dont install yet, go offline and THEN install the files. oila! you got your update!
- Proposed As Answer byuserac78 Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:20 PM
