Java SE (Java Platform, Standard Edition)

Hi again,

This is really a continuation of some recent messages on a very old thread here: http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=32&threadID=655442, where users have been hit with the above error. There are 9 other threads here referring to 1606 (excluding this one and the old thread). Most 1606's refer to specific files/folders; this one just shows ":.", which suggests a blank/missing entry somewhere, perhaps in the registry.

All solutions I've seen here recommend running the Offline installer - that didn't help.

In more general searches, other suggestions arise: the Microsoft "FixIt" utility, various Registry-repair utilities (free and non-free), etc. I've tried these (including spending some bucks!), with no success.

I've also run a Reg-Mon/Process-Mon (SysInternals.com) on the registry traffic during the install, and closely reviewed the activity in the installer during the 1606 "retry" phase, and I've not noticed anything "obvious". I can post a simple CSV file of the Reg and File accesses during a retry - about 2 x A4 pages - in case anyone might spot anything suspicious. Presumably, a comparison between the logs of a successful install, and a 1606-one, should identify the cause of the 1606, but this would be a massive project - involving hundreds of thousands of file/reg/svs entries/events - without some very very tight filtering on the entries.

Any suggestions MOST welcome!

Jackie: I'm using Firefox browser, 3.6. I doubt if it's the cause of the problem - but, at this stage, "anything's possible"!.

Thank you,
- Mike