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I am trying to update Java 8U45 in Firefox 39.0 for windows 8.1. The udpdate will not complete. I keep getting an error message 1603. What should I do?

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I have Firefox 39.0. The Next Generation Java Plug-in 11.45.2 for Mozilla browsers shows it is vulnerable. When I try to update my plugin on Firefox to the Java version 8 update 51, it downloads and will try to install, but will not complete the install. I get the error message 1603. I am trying to use the 32 bit online version.

I have Firefox 39.0. The Next Generation Java Plug-in 11.45.2 for Mozilla browsers shows it is vulnerable. When I try to update my plugin on Firefox to the Java version 8 update 51, it downloads and will try to install, but will not complete the install. I get the error message 1603. I am trying to use the 32 bit online version.

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Try to uninstall Java and download and install the full offline Java 8u51 installer.

You can find the latest 32 bit Java versions on the Oracle website.

See Java Platform > Java SE 8u51 (JRE Download;32 bit for Windows)

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cor-el
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Try to uninstall Java and download and install the full offline Java 8u51 installer.

You can find the latest 32 bit Java versions on the Oracle website.

See Java Platform > Java SE 8u51 (JRE Download;32 bit for Windows)

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Oracle says "The root causes of these errors are under investigation." Source: http://java.com/en/download/help/error_1603.xml

Do you want to try the "offline" installer (regular, not 64-bit, since Firefox can't use the 64-bit version): http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

I saw some other comments on the following page, but hopefully the offline installer will work around the issue: http://www.adminarsenal.com/admin-arsenal-blog/beat-java-error-1603-when-deploying

Linda60
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Thank you to cor-el and also to jscher2000. I tried the "offline" installer, regular 32-bit download and it worked! It included a process to detect and uninstall older versions of Java 8U45. You were very helpful... Linda60