{"id":2569,"date":"2017-06-19T12:57:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T12:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2024-12-21T03:45:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T03:45:53","slug":"how-to-set-java_home-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/how-to-set-java_home-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set JAVA_HOME on Windows [ 2024]"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>How to set JAVA_HOME on Windows<\/h1>\n<p>This page will teach us how to set the <strong>JAVA_HOME<\/strong> environment variable on the Windows operating system. The<strong> JAVA_HOME<\/strong> environment variable is used in many scripts that support Java, servers, and other applications.<\/p>\n<p>We can perform this setup during the Java installation process.<\/p>\n<h2>Java JDK Download<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/download-and-installing-java-jdk\/\">https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/download-and-installing-java-jdk\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>Identify JDK directory<\/h2>\n<p>Identify the JDK directory path on your computer to set it as the Java home environment variable. If your computer has multiple JDK installations, it&#8217;s recommended that you choose the latest version as the Java home.<\/p>\n<h2>Control Panel<\/h2>\n<p>Launch <em>Control Panel &gt;&gt; System and Security&gt;&gt; System<\/em><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click on <em>Advanced System Settings &gt;&gt; Environment Variables<strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Set JAVA_HOME<\/h3>\n<p>Click on the New Environment variable and set the<strong> JAVA_HOME<\/strong> variable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2577 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/JAVA_HOME-Environment-variable.png\" alt=\"set JAVA_HOME\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1005\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/JAVA_HOME-Environment-variable.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/JAVA_HOME-Environment-variable-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/JAVA_HOME-Environment-variable-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/JAVA_HOME-Environment-variable-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/JAVA_HOME-Environment-variable-1536x804.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click on the OK button to save the variable. Close the control panel.<\/p>\n<h2>Verify<\/h2>\n<p>Open the command prompt and type the following command to verify the variable.<\/p>\n<p><em>\/&gt; echo %JAVA_HOME%<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The command should display the JDK directory path to the console.<\/p>\n<h2>Video Tutorial<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8OBajQfHDxs?si=NrfPO2S0TCv7pPm6\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Importance<\/h3>\n<p>Setting this variable is important for the smooth running of Java-dependent applications. Application scripts refer to this variable and build the paths to access the Java tools.<\/p>\n<p>For example, starting the Tomcat Server failed because the JAVA_HOME environment variable was not set.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/JAVA_HOME-Environment-variables.png\" alt=\"JAVA_HOME environment variable\" width=\"1872\" height=\"945\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/JAVA_HOME-Environment-variables.png 1872w, https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/JAVA_HOME-Environment-variables-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/JAVA_HOME-Environment-variables-1024x517.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/JAVA_HOME-Environment-variables-768x388.png 768w, https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-content\/uploads\/JAVA_HOME-Environment-variables-1536x775.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1872px) 100vw, 1872px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Java Tutorials<\/h2>\n<p>Java Tutorial on this website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/java-tutorial\/\">https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/java-tutorial\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to set JAVA_HOME on Windows This page will teach us how to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable on the Windows operating system. The JAVA_HOME environment variable is used in many scripts that support Java, servers, and other applications. We can perform this setup during the Java installation process. Java JDK Download https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/download-and-installing-java-jdk\/ Identify JDK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-java","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26505,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569\/revisions\/26505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}