Installed Java SE and Java EE - setting up JVM

Question

I've installed Java SE and now I want to install Java EE. But after the JDK installation the command java -version on the command line returns:

Java(TM) SE Runtime Enviroment (build 1.7.0_40-b43)

and that is strange for me because it works even if I deleted in environment variables JAVA_HOME (which points correct path to JDK folder) and %JAVA_HOME%\\bin from Path variable.

EDIT:

This is my PATH variable:

%SystemRoot%\\system32;%SystemRoot%\\System32\\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\;c:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\100\\Tools\\Binn\\;c:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server\\100\\DTS\\Binn\\;C:\\Program Files\\Dell\\DW WLAN Card

Answer 1

Java EE is a set of components rather than a separate JVM.

When you removed the variables, did you restart your command prompt? If the command prompt which you typed java -version was still open, it would still work fine until the window was closed.

Answer 2

It's normal. Java EE sdk is independent, and you'll still need the JRE to launch java apps (including your application server, like Glassfish). Later you'll create applications which will be deployed to application server.