Systems Management
Setting a Path on Windows
Windows 8
- Drag the Mouse pointer to the Right bottom corner of the screen
- Click on the Search icon and type: Control Panel
- Click on -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced
- Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
- In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding the location of the class to the value for PATH. If you do not have the item PATH, you may select to add a new variable and add PATH as the name and the location of the class as the value.
- Close the window.
- Reopen Command prompt window.
Windows 7
- Select Computer from the Start menu
- Choose System Properties from the context menu
- Click Advanced system settings > Advanced tab
- Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
- In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding the location of the class to the value for PATH. If you do not have the item PATH, you may select to add a new variable and add PATH as the name and the location of the class as the value.
- Reopen Command prompt window.
Windows XP
- Start -> Control Panel -> System -> Advanced
- Click on Environment Variables, under System Variables, find PATH, and click on it.
- In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding the location of the class to the value for PATH. If you do not have the item PATH, you may select to add a new variable and add PATH as the name and the location of the class as the value.
- Close the window.
- Reopen Command prompt window.
Windows Vista
- Right click My Computer icon
- Choose Properties from the context menu
- Click Advanced tab (Advanced system settings link in Vista)
- In the Edit windows, modify PATH by adding the location of the class to the value for PATH. If you do not have the item PATH, you may select to add a new variable and add PATH as the name and the location of the class as the value.
- Reopen Command prompt window.