Javac: File Not Found

I wrote down CLASSPATH and PATH in my system variables already.
The CLASSPATH's value is %classpath%;. And the PATH's value is %path%;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin

I'm not sure if there are any errors in that above, so I just included it.
After this, created my source file, saved it in C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin as MyFirstApp.java. So I open command prompt, enter: javac MyFirstApp.java

This is what comes up:

javac: file not found: MyFirstApp.java
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
use -help for a list of possible options

Help?

After this, created my source file, saved it in C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin as MyFirstApp.java. So I open command prompt, enter: javac MyFirstApp.java

First of all, saving sources in your JDK installation bin directory is not recommended. You should put put your sources somewhere else, like "C:\Java"

javac: file not found: MyFirstApp.java

javac does not use the CLASSPATH to find the file you pass on the command line. You have to tell it where the file is. In your case, the file is in C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin, so either move to this directory (cd C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin), or compile the class using its full path (javac C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20\bin\MyFirstApp.java)

Thank you so much. I have another problem. I compiled the source file fine. Now I tried to run the class file. In command prompt, I typed: java c:\java\myfirstapp.class

It gave me a message:
Exception in the thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: c:\java\myfirstapp/class

Caused by: Java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: C:\java\myfirstapp.class
at:
And then a bunch of stuff

This is my source file:

public class MyFirstApp {

public static void main (String[] args) {
System.out.print("JAVA!!!"); }
}

Is it an error in my programming or what?

ClassNotFoundException tells you that the JVM cannot find your class. You need to set the CLASSPATH properly to run java programs. There are different ways to do it, one of them being to use the "-cp" flag on the command line. For example, you can go to C:\java (cd c:\java) and tell the JVM to look for class files in the current directory, like this : java -cp . MyFirstApp. Be careful that class names are case sensitive, and that you don't need to pass the extension (.class).

Use java -classpath <DirectoryOfClass> classname.

Hope this will resolve your problem.

What I did was:

java -cp <c:\java> MyFirstApp

It told me access is denied. I am system administrator so this confuses me.

What are these brackets for ?

I see. I guess you left them after seeing the help :

Remove them.

Have a look at Sun's Hello World tutorial, it explains you step by step how to write, compile and run your first Java application and it also describes common problems and solutions.

I see you're not familiar with how the Windows command prompt works. It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with the concepts of the Windows command prompt first, so that it's easier to understand what you're doing and what those commands mean.

Thank you christophe. My code works fine now