Failed to download required installation files. java

This will force the Java updater to use the alternate mechanism to download the java updates. The installer will nagg about your OS not being supported, but will allow you to install the update. It is unbelievable that Oracle still hasn't fixed it.

Show 4 more comments. Run5k FYI: This doesn't work on Windows 8. Works for me on Windows 7. YShinkarev, if the answer helped you, you should rather upvote than write such comment. Then everyone can see that solution is appreciated by community, and the author gain reputation. This is a very simple solution. I can confirm that it works on Windows 7. Didn't work for me on Windows 7. HiredMind HiredMind 3 3 bronze badges. I'd not heard of it before and was a bit sceptical of allowing a random app to install other software, but Ninite does seem to be legit worth mentioning that it's recommened by Tom's Hardware, Lifehacker, Techcrunch ninite.

And it works really smoothly. I'm glad you liked it. I use that program all the time to do updates on my machine and to rebuild it. Annoyingly this doesn't actually stop the problem from re-occurring - I seem to have to manually re-run the ninite install for each new Java release. The Overflow Blog. Have you ever been watching a movie and Windows will throw its UAC screen up busting you out of full-screen during your movie alerting you that Java has an update? And then the Java installer comes up asking you to accept some terms of service before the update is downloaded and installed.

But then. Now what? What can you do? There is no solution to this problem, except for downloading the new version of Java directly. Or you can wait again until the prompt comes back up. The new license permits certain uses, such as personal use and development use, at no cost - but other uses authorized under prior Oracle Java licenses.

NB, Java has many different versions depending on which OS and update version of the OS you are using, the quickest way to re-install with the latest version i have found is to use Ninite. This will find version and install it correctly for you. Step By Step Procedure to Reproduce - java update download failed issue. So why give the update install notification, if the stupid piece of crap hasn't even been downloaded yet??????? Never encounter such stupid carry ons with my right up to date MacBook Pro.

Need to understand the exact Java version installed on the system and the error message that appears when it try to fetch the required update files.