Installing/uninstalling Java 8 JRE should not delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft.
However, uninstall did then remove the key. Note: in a test, using the web installer to upgrade an existing version of Java 8 did not delete the registry. The registry will be deleted: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft. Uninstall Java 8 update 60 from the Windows Control Panel. Re-add a registry key to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\PrefsĤ. The registry will be deleted: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoftģ. Install Java 8 update 60 JRE using the offline installer. On a Windows machine, add a registry key to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Prefs if it does not already exist.Ģ. STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :ġ. However, uninstall still removes the registry key. It seems the offline installer will always do this on install, but the web installer can upgrade an earlier version without issue. However, this simply removed the registry key again! After installing Java 8 update 60, we found the entire "JavaSoft" registry key was deleted so the licence was removed.Īfter repairing the software to replace the registry keys, Java 8 update 60 was uninstalled. Our software saves a licence key in a subkey of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Prefs.
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