HOW TO SET PATH IN JAVA

The path is required to be set for using tools such as javac, java etc.
If you are saving the java source file inside the jdk/bin directory, path is not required to be set because all the tools will be available in the current directory.

But If you are having your java file outside the jdk/bin folder, it is necessary to set path of JDK.

There are 2 ways to set java path:
  1. temporary
  2. permanent

1) How to set Temporary Path of JDK in Windows
To set the temporary path of JDK, you need to follow following steps:
  • Open command prompt
  • copy the path of jdk/bin directory
  • write in command prompt: set path=copied_path

For Example:
set path=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_23\bin
Let's see it in the figure given below:

how to set path in java

2) How to set Permanent Path of JDK in Windows

For setting the permanent path of JDK, you need to follow these steps:
  • Go to MyComputer properties -> advanced tab -> environment variables -> new tab of user variable -> write path in variable name -> write path of bin folder in variable value -> ok -> ok -> ok

For Example:

1)Go to MyComputer properties
how to set path in java
2)click on advanced tab
how to set path in java
3)click on environment variables
how to set path in java
4)click on new tab of user variables
how to set path in java
5)write path in variable name
how to set path in java
6)Copy the path of bin folder
how to set path in java
7)paste path of bin folder in variable value
how to set path in java
8)click on ok button
how to set path in java
9)click on ok button
how to set path in java
Now your permanent path is set.You can now execute any program of java from any drive.

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