Add Javac to Path in Windows 10

Rashmi Patidar Jul 10, 2021

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Environment variables are the dynamic and run-time values that the OS and other software residing over your system can use to determine the information related to the system.

So these are two types user environment variables and system environment variables.

The User-Environment Variables store information related to the user. As the name suggests, it stores details of a user after the user gets logged in.

The System-Environment Variables are a step beyond user variables. It holds the information related to the system and not straight away related to a user. It stores the path variables and details that an application needs in the course of execution.

Steps to add javac to the path variable in Windows 10 are below.

Search edit system variables in the search bar of Windows 10.
Click on edit system variables and click open to the right side of it.
A popup window will get opened named System properties.
Select environment variables to the bottom of the window.
A new popup will open to set environment variables.
Now go to the System-variables section.
Choose the new button to add a new system variable.
Give a new name as JAVA_HOME and give its value as the location where Java is kept, like C:\Program Files\java\jdk1.8.0_191.
Simultaneously, we can browse the path using the browse button of the popup window.
Search the JAVA_HOME variable in the System variables list.
Go to the Path variable and click on the edit button. A new popup will open.
Click the new button on the new window opened.
Add %JAVA_HOME%\bin in the highlighted new line and click the OK button.

Other than the following steps, there is another way to open the environment variables window.

Right-click on My Computer over the desktop screen.
Click the properties at the very bottom of it.
On the left pane, in the search bar, search Advanced System Settings.

Steps from 4 to 13 are similar in the above steps.

Author: Rashmi Patidar

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Add Javac to Path in Windows 10

Search `edit system variables` in the search bar of Windows 10.

Click on edit system variables and click open to the right side of it.

Select `environment variables` to the bottom of the window.

Now go to the `System-variables` section.

Choose the `new` button to add a new system variable.

Give a new name as `JAVA_HOME` and give its value as the location where Java is kept, like `C:\Program Files\java\jdk1.8.0_191`.

Search the `JAVA_HOME` variable in the System variables list.

Click the `new` button on the new window opened.

Add `%JAVA_HOME%\bin` in the highlighted new line and click the OK button.

Right-click on `My Computer` over the desktop screen.

Click the properties at the very bottom of it.

On the left pane, in the search bar, search Advanced System Settings.

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Search edit system variables in the search bar of Windows 10.

Click on edit system variables and click open to the right side of it.

A popup window will get opened named System properties.

Select environment variables to the bottom of the window.

A new popup will open to set environment variables.

Now go to the System-variables section.

Choose the new button to add a new system variable.

Give a new name as JAVA_HOME and give its value as the location where Java is kept, like C:\Program Files\java\jdk1.8.0_191.

Simultaneously, we can browse the path using the browse button of the popup window.

Search the JAVA_HOME variable in the System variables list.

Go to the Path variable and click on the edit button. A new popup will open.

Click the new button on the new window opened.

Add %JAVA_HOME%\bin in the highlighted new line and click the OK button.

Right-click on My Computer over the desktop screen.