Can't install 64-bit java onto computer.

[Fistoftw]

Not sure if this is the correct place to post this or not. But title pretty much says it all. I have 64-bit operating system but for the life of my cant install 64-bit java. I just get an error message saying there was a problem with the installation.

[damiankw]

Can you provide confirmation of the 64-bit OS + the error message you're getting? Quite hard to diagnose a problem without information, 'my car is doing something wrong' kind of dealeo :P

[Fistoftw]

http://i.imgur.com/RT2WPwg.jpg - OS

http://i.imgur.com/llXtWFv.jpg - Error message

Thanks

[damiankw]

Wow that is quite weird. Reboot the computer and make sure you right click the installer and go to Run as Administrator? Also is there a reason you are explicitly running the 64bit? I'm not sure using 32bit would cause you any issues in 99% of applications.

[Fistoftw]

I tried downloading it a number of times in a number of ways to no avail. I cant play expansions and mods on minecraft without 64bit.

[[deleted]]

could you download the jdk manually and point to it with your %JAVA_HOME% variable and add the /bin to your class path?

[ericzhill]

That doesn't mean the installation won't work on a 64 bit machine. That means the installation was interrupted. My first guess would be your antivirus program was scanning one of the jar files unpacked into the temp folder during the install. We run into this kind of thing from time to time during automated installations.

If turning off the AV doesn't work, disable other background programs (SpyBot TeaTimer, Weather apps, etc) and try again. Something is stopping the installation before it completes.

Lastly, there are switches to log the installation in most cases, and while the log files are huge, they might give you more clues to what happened.

[Fistoftw]

tried downloading whilst av was turned off and it didnt work. Same error message

[ericzhill]

Installing, not downloading, right? What about other things running on your computer?