javac not working on Win 8.1

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I installed jdk 8_u25 on my Windows 8.1 ,but commands javac and javap aren't working. I went to environment variables and changed the value of Path to

C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\bin\x86_64;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25\bin​

and still isn't working. My program files in on C: itself. Kindly help. Thank You.

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javawindows
What exactly is not working? Which error do you get? - arc_lupus
I don't see any JDK in your path variable, only JRE - Daniel
I had followed a method suggested by another stack overflow post so that's where the jre came from. Anyways got it! - Ghanashyam Chakravarthi

1 Answers

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When you install a JDK on Windows, as well as installing the JDK it also installs a separate "public" copy of the JRE for use by tools like web browser Applets and Java Web Start.

C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_25\bin​

looks like the bin directory of this public JRE installation rather than the JDK itself, and the public JRE does not include javac.

You need to add the JDK bin directory to your path instead of the public JRE one.