Hadoop on Windows - “Error JAVA_HOME is incorrectly set.”

Question

I\'m trying to get Hadoop running \'Local Mode\' on my Windows machine. I\'ve been using this guide: http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r1.2.1/single_node_setup.html

When

Answer 1

Try removing @ from @rem in hadoop-env.cmd and set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME%

rem The java implementation to use.  Required.

set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME%

Then try running hdfs namenode -format

This solution worked for me