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

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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

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To find the env vars dialog in Windows 10   Right Click Start  gt  gt   Click Control Panel   Or you may have System in the list   gt  gt   Click System  gt  gt   Click Advanced system settings  gt  gt   Go to the Advanced Tab  gt  gt   Click the  Environment Variables     button at the bottom of that dialog page

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Adding Environment Variable simplified with screenshot  Check the below URL and you should be able to do without any trouble  https   itsforlavanya blogspot com 2020 08 environment-variable-simple-7-steps-to html

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Here are the typical steps to set JAVA HOME on Windows 10   Search for Advanced System Settings in your windows Search box  Click on Advanced System Settings  Click on Environment variables button  Environment Variables popup will open  Goto system variables session  and click on New button to create new variable  HOME PATH   then New System Variables popup will open  Give Variable Name  JAVA HOME  and Variable value   Your Java SDK home path  Ex  C  Program Files java jdk1 8 0 151 Note  It should not include  bin  Then click on OK button  Now you are able to see your JAVA HOME in system variables list   If you are not able to  try doing it again   Select Path  from system variables list  and click on Edit button  A new pop will opens  Edit Environment Variables   It was introduced in windows 10  Click on New button and give  JAVA HOME  bin at highlighted field and click Ok button   You can find complete tutorials on my blog    How to set JAVA HOME in 64 bit Windows 10 OS

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if you have any version problems  javac -version 15 0 1  java -version 1 8 0   windows search   edit environment variables for your account then delete these in your windows Environment variable  system variable  Path  C  Program Files  x86  Common Files Oracle Java javapath  C  Program Files Common Files Oracle Java javapath then if you re using java 15 environment variable  system variable   Path  add path   C  Program Files Java jdk-15 0 1 bin  is enough  if you re using java 8  create JAVA HOME environment variable  system variable   JAVA HOME JAVA HOME   C  Program Files Java jdk1 8 0 271 environment variable  system variable   Path add path    JAVA HOME  bin

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Right click Computer Click the properties On the left pane    select Advanced System Settings Select Environment Variables Under the System Variables  Select PATH and click edit  and then click new and add path as C  Program Files Java jdk1 8 0 131 bin  depending on your installation path  and finally click ok Next restart your command prompt and open it and try javac

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Its still the same concept  you ll need to setup path variable so that windows is aware of the java executable and u can run it from command prompt conveniently  Details from the java s own page  https   java com en download help path xml That article applies to     Platform s   Solaris SPARC  Solaris x86  Red Hat Linux  SUSE Linux  Windows 8  Windows 7  Vista  Windows XP  Windows 10

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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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