“The system cannot find the file C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe”

Question

I am on JDK 8u25 on Windows 8, and I am experiencing a problem with my Java installation. I can run javac perfectly fine, but running java produc

Answer 1

c:\ProgramData\Java\javapath is used for symlinks. You can of course add the full path to your Java Path to %PATH%, but equally you can create a symlink to the path to the above location.

1. Open CMD as Administrator.
2. Type mklink java.exe (full path to your Java.exe) eg

mklink java.exe "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25\bin\java.exe"