Cannot run Java from the Windows PowerShell command prompt
- In the run dialog box, enter sysdm.cpl
- In the window that came up, navigate to Advanced tab. Click on the Environment Variables button.
Add the location of your java installation (the bin directory) to the PATH variable.
;%ProgramFiles%/Java/jre%version%/binfollowed by a
;
Note:
%version% means the java version.
Make 2 environment variable changes:
- Add a
JAVA_HOMEvariable equal to something like:C:\Java\JDK1.7.0_25_x64 - Add
%JAVA_HOME%\binto the beginning of yourPATHvariable.
Then, start a brand new shell to see if the changes were applied.
You need to modify your "PATH" environment variable to add your "java" bin location, one wayvia command promptset path=%path%;<your java bin location>;
But this will be set only for your current session of your terminal.