Windows 10: Java Installer doesn't run

Well given they know they have a problem you may have to wait it out with 8.111.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Sometimes we just have to wait for the coders.

Did you try their two alternate methods?

 

The alternate methods are either/or and neither has worked. Just submitted some logs to Oracle on the bug report showing uninstall method doesn't work.

 

Have you tried this
File Explorer
Then C Drive
Then Programs
Also Programs x86
You may find traces of the folder in there
If there is Right Click it and delete it that should get rid of it
I have had to do that with my Antivirus I wanted removed
Also another program I needed removed
You may have to do it 2-3 times

 

From the OP: "I removed Java from my computer via...and did a bit of additional removal via file manager searching." So the answer is of course I checked the program folders and other places - many times. Oracle support asked me to look too, as well as for other mentions, and the upshot of that is my last post. Please understand that the 1603 error is recognized on the Java site as a known bug and that the alternate methods have not worked for some (many?) people. My hunch is that the culprit is something in the registry, but don't really know. it's in their hands.

 

What if you logged on as local admin and installed? If an older version of Java is detected then most likely you have a reg key hanging around. Ccleaner should be able to tell you if it is in the "uninstall" key as there are 3 of the "uninstall" keys in the registry.

 

In Win 10, isn't the normal account local/admin? In Win 8.1 and earlier they were split. The initial problem in the OP was definitely a registry issue and I found it, or got close enough. Not sure from where I am now that the uninstall entries would solve the 1603 problem, since I did try the current version from scratch. And I'm not sure how you are suggesting to use CCleaner, since I didn't notice a Java entry in its settings when I checked the other day.