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What is the right way to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable on Windows NT?

April 26, 2017Environment java_home NT right Windows

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What is the right way to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable on Windows NT?

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Location: http://www.jguru.com/faq/view.jsp?EID=455718 Created: Jul 16, 2001 Author: Peter Bladwell (http://www.jguru.com/guru/viewbio.jsp?EID=429721) Question originally posed by Sean K (http://www.jguru.com/guru/viewbio.jsp?EID=429709 In my case it’s just set JAVA_HOME=C:\JDK1.3.1 …but if you’re running NT the “right” way to set this is as one of the system’s User properties, which you can do via start -> settings -> control panel -> system -> environment then enter JAVA_HOME in the Variable box and C:\JDK1.3.1 in the Value box, and click on Set. By the way, Tomcat is one of the easiest to install pieces of software I’ve ever seen – but you do have to get this bit right.