Java path variable doesnt work

Question

I am trying to set up the jdk on my new laptop and am running into a problem. Typing javac gives me javac is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file."

I have set java_home to C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_66 and have added %java_home%\\bin\\ to the path variable. However, this still does not work. I checked other questions on stack overflow but found nothing. Please help.

Answer 1

Check the following things :

• When you open the environment variable settings, you will find two blocks - one is 'User Variables for Administrator' and the other is 'System variables'. Make sure you are setting the path in the 'System variables' section

• Try putting a hard-coded path in the PATH variable. I have mine as follows :

  C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.7.0_71\\bin;