How can I install Java on Windows 7 without messing up the system?

Posted by robert_d on Super User See other posts from Super User or by robert_d
Published on 2012-03-21T22:36:49Z Indexed on 2012/03/21 23:33 UTC
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I've installed java 1.6.0_31 32bit on Windows 7 64bit system, but this installation messed up my system, e.g. when I start Google Chrome I get error

Your preferences can not be read

Visual Studio 2010 after launching shows error that

The Application Data folder for Visual Studio could not be created

The shortcut to the Downloads folder in Windows Explorer no longer works.

Is there a way to install Java without messing up Windows 7? Or maybe this mess can be cleaned up after installation of Java, but how?

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