Thursday, November 15, 2012

Fixing Java Installation Error 1723

You could encounter the "Windows Java Installer Error 1723" during JRE installation, chances of this error are even higher when trying uninstallation of a newer Java version followed by installation of an older version. Things get really annoying when the solution provided (deletion of registry key) at Java and other websites/forums fails to solve the issue. After a lot of hit and trial, I finally got it solved as instructed ahead.
Java Error Box
After, trying the recommended procedure and failing with them I tried using JavaRa to uninstall JRE completely. While, it did removed the leftovers the "JRE 6 installer" kept throwing error 1723 asking me to uninstall existing version - which was in-fact not there, making things into an infinite loop.
error
Finally, the trick which worked was to cleanly remove the leftover JRE 6 installer using the handy Windows Installer Cleanup Utility.
Windows Installer Cleanup Utility
Windows Installer Cleanup Utility
The Java 6 setup worked flawlessly after cleanup as shown below.
Successful installer

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