How to troubleshoot this Java installation problem?

Question

I created PATH in environment variable but after opening command prompt and typing javac, I get error message"Javac is not recognized as an internal or external command."

Answer 1

1. Please make sure you installed the jdk, not only jre
2. Make sure your path variable points to the \bin folder of your jdk installation
3. Restart console after installation

Answer 2

Check absolute path to javac containing folder (like C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_99\bin)

Then look at the value of PATH.
Does it contain the path to javac?