Environment variables for java installation

Question

How to set the environment variables for Java in Windows (the classpath)?

Answer 1

For Windows:

• Right click on 'My Computers' and open 'Properties'.
• In Windows Vista or Windows 7, go to "Advanced System Settings". Else go to next step.
• Go to 'Advanced Tab' and click on Environment Variables button.
• Select 'Path' under the list of 'System Variables', and press Edit and add C:\Program Files\java\jdk\bin after a semicolon.
• Now click on 'new' button under system variables and enter 'JAVA_HOME' as variable name and path to jdk home directory (ex. 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24' if you are installing java version 6. Directory name may change with diff. java versions) as variable_value.