javawindowscommand-lineenvironment-variables

Setting JAVA_HOME

I'm having a problem when running programs that use Java from the command line. I get back a message saying Java.exe could not be found.

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I've followed the instructions found in several places for setting JAVA_HOME in Windows 7.

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As can be seen in the image I'm pointing to the JDK folder as instructed, I've also tried several variations including linking to the bin folder(where java.exe is located).

What am I doing wrong, and how can I debug this.

EDIT:

Typing Set in Command Prompt outputs

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Solution

  • As many have mentioned I had to add...

    C:\Program Files\Java\jdk_version\bin

    ...to the path variable.

    However what was not mentioned and was stopping this from working was that I had to make sure java\bin directory is in the path statement before the windows\system32 directory, otherwise this will not work.

    I was able to find the information here.