I downloaded and set-up SDK to learn
Java with the Headfirst book but am having the same problem others have with getting the cmd prompt to recognize the javac & java commands without typing in the path. I've been through the documentation and have read all the treads on the forum but can't get it to work.
Details -
I'm running Windows XP and just downloaded the latest which is sdk 6 I think.
I found the java/javac files at this location after installation: C:\Sun\SDK\jdk\bin
If I enter this path at the command prompt it will compile or run the 'HelloWorld' program fine. I changed my Path variable in settings to this same address but it doesn't work.
I also found a second & third java.exe file at:C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin & C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin and tried these as the path name but it did not work. If I enter this path in the prompt line along with 'java' and program name it won't run so I don't think this is the right.
One other thing, I changed the Path Class variable to C:\Sun\SDK\jdk\bin and it didn't work. I didn't copy what was in there originally which I'm kicking myself for (it was something java related). I deleted the file after this & it still doesn't work.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Al