Java Update Notification

Question

I have Windows 10 and Chrome browser.  For about a week my computer has been playing this trick on me: While I am using the browser, I get a pop-up window of sorts that says a Java update is available.  It says to "click here to continue".  I don't understand why this update is not simply installed instead of interrupting my work with the computer so I can work on the computer, but I "click" there "to continue" and get rid of this problem.  The message disappears.  There is no continuing.  Nothing gets done; it is just wasted time.  The area where the notice was says "No new notifications".  This happens a few times a day, probably every time I wake the computer from sleep mode.  How do I fix this problem?  Snipping tool would not capture the image of the notice, so I just took a picture of the screen.  

Answer 1

Have you already tried to download Java and update it manually?

https://www.java.com/en/

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Answer 2

I didn't go to the Java website because the notification said that an update is ready to install.  Updates are downloaded first, then installed, so the notice tells me that the update has already been downloaded.  I found the Java Control Panel in the list of programs on my computer and it told me that Java checks for updates on Tuesday and will notify me of an available update before downloading.  That is not clear.  It could mean that it notifies me then downloads it, or it could mean it notifies me and waits for me to download it manually.  Since the notification says it is ready to install it must me downloaded, but I don't see a way to install it.  It also tells me it last checked for updates on 10-19, which is a Friday, so there is another mystery.  There is an "update now" button on the page not an "install now" button.  Out of frustration, I clicked the button and there were progress bars that showed the update was downloaded for a few minutes, then installed.  Then I was prompted to uninstall the earlier version so I allowed that to be done.  So, I may have another copy of this update on my computer which has not been installed.  I don't know how to determine that.  I restarted the computer and did other work and after 10 minutes I still did not get the Java update notification.  But the problem, which was that when I "click(ed) here to continue" on that notice, no continuing happened, has not been solved. Clicking it simply made the notification disappear for a while.  This is all needlessly frustrating and time-consuming.  Computer programmers seem to be unconcerned with details and getting things right.  God help us when computers start driving cars.  Since the messages are still out of order, this is message 7.