Core Java: How to set path in Java

There are 2 ways to set java path:

1.temporary

2.permanent

1) How to set Temporary Path of JDK in Windows

To set the temporary path of JDK, you need to follow following steps:

• Open command prompt
  
• copy the path of jdk/bin directory
  
• write in command prompt: set path=copied_path
  

For Example:

set path=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_23\bin

2) How to set Permanent Path of JDK in Windows

For setting the permanent path of JDK, you need to follow these steps:

Go to MyComputer properties -> advanced tab -> environment variables -> new tab of user variable -> write path in variable name

-> write path of bin folder in variable value -> ok -> ok -> ok