The below steps guide you how to Install JRE 1.6.0_21. 1. Copy the media and when you try to run the setup.exe it will try to extract the Vendor Supplied .MSI with a random number under %temp% … Read More

When downloading the Java package from Sun, be sure to get the "offline" package - you can get that from here: http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp Read More

Windows 7 x86 and x64 Here the path to find your msi: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java ;-) Read More

I have also been using a custom action with a VBScript to set the EnableJavaUpdate setting to 0 in the registry. This did not seem to work with the 64-bit version of Java, but after a lot of t… Read More

Also to note is that I have had some Java installs not delete/update the deployment.properties file which is the file that websites use to check to see what version you are running. I use the f… Read More

From Sun's website... JRE Installation Command Line Syntax <jre>.exe [/lang=<language ID>] /s [INSTALLDIR=<drive>:\<install_path>] [REBOOT=Su… Read More

To hide Update-tab in Java control panel, create a custom action, add the following VB-script and put the custom action in Install Exec Sequence: After PreloadJavaFX. The script: Option Expl… Read More

I've always been annoyed that the installer did not uninstall previous versions. I figured out how to do this by stumbling on a Property / Value in the msi. To remove previous java versions w… Read More

Create a transform (.MST) by editing a copy of the MSI, Property Value [IEXPLORER] {0}->{1} Property Value [JAVAUPDATE] {1}->{0} Property Value [AUTOUPDATECHECK] {1}->{0} Property Value [JU] {… Read More

To extract the MSI from this executable... 1) Download the Java SE Runtime Environment 6 Update 1 file from . The file should be named something like jre-6u1-windows-i586-p-s.exe. 2) Double-c… Read More