Setting up enviromental variables in Windows 10 to use java and javac

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kilmarta picture kilmarta · Aug 27, 2015 · Viewed 185.2k times · Source

I got a new laptop with Windows 10 and I want to set it up so I can use java and javac from the command line.

I have searched online but all the guides are for previous versions, and I don't want to mess around with something I don't understand.

Answer

isurujay picture isurujay · Aug 27, 2015

Just set the path variable to JDK bin in environment variables. 

Variable Name : PATH 
Variable Value : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_31\bin

But the best practice is to set JAVA_HOME and PATH as follow.

Variable Name : JAVA_HOME
Variable Value : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_31

Variable Name : PATH 
Variable Value : %JAVA_HOME%\bin

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