Somehow my Java install got totally hosed. Java enabled sites do not work in IE at all, but they do work in Mozilla/Netscape. Unfortunately the local county's GIS webiste only works through IE & Java.

The Java Console in Control Panel and in Internet Explorer are present as an icon or a menu item, but are non-functional.

There is no add remove button for Java in Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs applet.

There is no key in HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/ Uninstall that relates to Java.

I can therefore find no way to uninstall Java. When I try to reinstall Java RE, I am told that it is already installed and so cannot be reinstalled.

How do I manually remove JAVA RE so that I can reinstall it?

Thank you

 

 

I finally found the solution. Remove the JRE using the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility.

Related Document:
http://java.com/en/download/help/error_applying_transforms.xml

Utility:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];290301

[if the last link doesnt work copy and paste the whole thing into the address bar]
I installed the program which cleanly deleted the java program and when I reinstalled it worked!
Good luck
Trompy