Error installing Java on Windows 8

If you get into this error while installing Java on Window 8:

java.lang.NullPointerException at com.sun.deploy.config.JREInfo.validateHomeJRE_int(Unknown Source) at com.sun.deploy.config.JREInfo.initialize(Unknown Source) at com.sun.deploy.config.ClientConfig.refreshProperties(Unknown Source) at com.sun.deploy.config.ClientConfig.init(Unknown Source) at com.sun.deploy.config.WebStartConfig.init(Unknown Source) at com.sun.deploy.config.ClientConfig.<init>(Unknown Source) at com.sun.deploy.config.WebStartConfig.<init>(Unknown Source) at com.sun.javaws.Main.main(Unknown Source)</pre>

Just delete this file:

<User Application Data Folder>\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\deployment.properties