'javac' is not recongnised as an internal or external command - help!

**Ricardo** · 03-19-2012, 02:00 PM

Hi!

I'm new to Java. When I try to compile a program I get this message:

'javac' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Before putting this question here, I searched for a solution and the majority of answers told me to put the path of Java JDK in the Environmental Variables - which I did.

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShel l\v1.0\;
C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;
C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;
C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;
c:\MinGW\bin;
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin;

I really need this to work because of school and I have a work due on Sunday.

Thanks.

**milovan** · 03-19-2012, 02:04 PM

Try to navigate to that folder: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin; and then type javac to see if it works.
Sorry, do this in cmd prompt..

**Ricardo** · 03-19-2012, 02:08 PM

It does.

**Tolls** · 03-19-2012, 02:11 PM

The PATH usually doesn't have newlines in it like that.
Also ensure there's no extra spaces before the JDK path. That seems to cause lots of trouble.

**Ricardo** · 03-19-2012, 02:14 PM

It doesn't have newlines. I just did it for better comprehension. There's just the one space between "Program" and "Files" and that cannot be avoided.

**milovan** · 03-19-2012, 02:19 PM

Well, no idea. Try to add it once more...

**Ricardo** · 03-19-2012, 02:21 PM

I seem to have found a temporary solution. If I put set path=%path%;"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin" in the command line, it works. But when I close it and open another one, it goes back to not working.

Can someone help me find a permanent solution?

**Tolls** · 03-19-2012, 02:24 PM

Can you post the actual PATH as it appears, and not edit it.

**Ricardo** · 03-19-2012, 02:26 PM

Sure. Here goes.

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShel l\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;c:\MinGW\bin; C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin;

Thanks.

**darshanaprasad** · 03-19-2012, 02:30 PM

This isn't the way that setting the class path for javac.
you have to edit the path environment variable and copy the path to the end of the line.
Eg:-
when you click on edit button after selecting path environment variable you should look something like this editable,

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShel l\v1.0\;

you should copy the path of the bin directory to end of this line. like below,

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShel l\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin

This is the way that I sat the class path.

**KevinWorkman** · 03-19-2012, 02:36 PM

I'd recommend posting your full path, without added new lines, with the code tags instead of quote tags. There are a couple things that look wrong with that path (extra spaces, weird characters, wrong case), and I don't know if they are actually problems or if they're just caused by incorrect copy-pasting.

Edit- Way too slow, nevermind!

**Tolls** · 03-19-2012, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Ricardo

Sure. Here goes.

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\Sy stem32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShel l\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\TortoiseSVN\bin;c:\MinGW\bin; C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin;

Thanks.

There is a space at the beginning of that entry.
That is what I was asking you to check for.

**noobplus** · 03-19-2012, 03:13 PM

type in cmd
set path=%path%;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin
then restart cmd
then type "javac"

thx
dhilip

**Tolls** · 03-19-2012, 03:25 PM

That set will only apply to the currentl open cmd window.
When you close and reopen it is not "remembered".
As the OP has already said in post #7.

**JosAH** · 03-19-2012, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by noobplus

type in cmd
set path=%path%;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin
then restart cmd

And then you'll notice that all your changes are gone ... as I wrote before: test your 'solutions' (mind the quotes) before you post them. You would've noticed that your last reply is rubbsh.

kind regards,

Jos

**noobplus** · 03-20-2012, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by JosAH

And then you'll notice that all your changes are gone ... as I wrote before: test your 'solutions' (mind the quotes) before you post them. You would've noticed that your last reply is rubbsh.

kind regards,

Jos

hi,
sorry yesterday, I had network problems, and I posted the last post 2 hours earlier.. and reloaded the page when net worked, so it got posted automatically, now im deleting that message.. and the space should be the mistake in the environmental variables

regards
dhilip

**Ricardo** · 03-20-2012, 07:32 PM

Problem solved! You were right. It was the space before the "C:\".

Thank you so much!

**Tolls** · 03-21-2012, 09:52 AM

Did you add that to the PATH, or was it done by the installer?
I'm curious because we have had several of these recently for Windows 7.

**ozone** · 04-10-2012, 05:54 AM

can u plz help me as i am new to java...i have installed java version 1.7.and by default it got installed in the path you mentioned above.now when i try to compile java program.it says javac not recognised as internal or ext command.now i have checked the path and i was unable to find java.exe or javac.exe.what may be the path these files..plz help me.and on cmd when i try to know java_version.then no error comes.a small screen comes and then disappears.it happens same when i type java.exe .....plz suggest me what to do

**DarrylBurke** · 04-10-2012, 10:34 AM

1. Use an uppercase letter at the start of each sentence and for the first person singular 'I'
2. Use proper words: "Can you please" not "can u plz" / "internal or external command" not "internal or ext command"
3. End a sentence with one period, followed by one or two spaces if not at the end of a paragraph.

Express yourself more clearly:

now i have checked the path and i was unable to find java.exe or javac.exe.

Are you talking about the PATH system variable or the file path where you expected to find the executables? If the former, why did you expect to find executable file names in a system variable that contains the names of folders to be searched for files? If the latter, you haven't installed Java successfully.

on cmd when i try to know java_version.then no error comes.a small screen comes and then disappears.

The Windows "Run command" dialog isn't a command prompt window.

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