Setup It Up : JAVA_HOME Environment Variable Setup For Window 10

Java Environment Variable Setup For Window 10

1. Advanced System Settings
Type advanced system settings in the search box (beside the Windows start button), clicks View advanced system settings.

2. Environment Variables
Select Advance tab, clicks Environment Variables

3. Add JAVA_HOME
In System variables, add a new JAVA_HOME variable and point it to the JDK installed folder.

	Note
	Don’t include the \bin folder, just the JDK path. For example
	Correct – C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_60
	Wrong – C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_60\bin
	
4. Update PATH
In System variables, find PATH, clicks edit and append this %JAVA_HOME%\bin to the end.

5. Test
Open a command prompt, type :

C:\Users\Rida>echo %JAVA_HOME%
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_152

C:\Users\Rida>javac -version
javac 1.8.0_152