Windows 7 / Windows Vista Java Development Kit (JDK) Configuration Instructions

1. Go to http://java.sun.com

2. Click on Java SE on the right (under Popular Downloads.)

3. On the page that loads, scroll down until you see Java SE Development Kit (JDK). Click on the Download button to the right. NOTE: At the time of writing (January 2009) the latest version of the JDK is 6 Update 11.

4. On the page that loads, choose Windows as your platform, set language to Multi-Language, and select the checkbox. Finally, click the orange Continue >> button. NOTE: If you are confident that you are on a 64-bit Windows installation, you can select Windows x64 as your platform, but do not need to do so.

5. On the next screen that loads click to download the Java SE Development Kit. NOTE: You may be requested to use the Sun Downloader to download Java. I advise just using the directly linked full download.

6. Chose to save the file.

7. Downloading the file may take a couple of minutes based on your connection speed.

8. Go to where you downloaded the JDK.

9. Launch the installer. If User Account Control given a security warning click the Yes button. The installer should begin loading. Please be patient.

10. Eventually you will be presented with an End User License Agreement (EULA). Read it before clicking the Accept > button.

11. For this course, a default installation is completely fine, so just click the Next > button. NOTE: Pay attention to the Install to: location, you will need it later.

12. Be patient while Java installs the JDK.

13. You will then be asked to install the Java Runtime Engine (JRE.) Click the Next > button.

14. Be patient while Java installs the JRE.

15. You are now done installing Java. All that is left is configuration. Note: You may be asked to reboot your computer at this point. If you are, please do so.

16. Now load the System Information Window by right clicking on Computer in the start menu and selecting properties. Note: This step can be done in other ways too. Such as Right clicking on Computer on the desktop and selecting properties. Holding the Windows-key () on your keyboard and pressing the Pause key. (This may require holding FN on some laptops.)

17. The System Information Window should load.

18. Click on Advanced system settings on the left of the window.

19. The System Properties window should open with the Advanced tab already selected. Click on Environment Variables button.

20. The Environment Variables dialog should load.

21. In the System variables region, scroll down until you see the Path variable.

22. Click the lower Edit button.

23. You should now be editing the Path variable.

24. Remember the Install to: location on Step 12? That is the line you need to add to the end of the path. Be sure to prefix the location with a ; and post fix it with bin Therefore you want to add: ;<YOUR_INSTALL_LOCATION>bin On MY computer, a Windows 7 beta x64 machines where I installed the 32-bit JDK, that meant: ; C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_11\bin

WARNING: BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO OVERWRITE ALL THE EXISTING ENTRIES IN YOUR PATH!

25. Click the OK button to confirm your change.

26. Click the OK button in the Environment Variables dialog.

27. Click the OK button in the System Properties dialog.

28. Close the System information window by clicking on the x icon on the top right.

29. Now to test our changes. Open the Command Prompt by going to: Start All Programs Accessories Command Prompt Note: This step can be done in other ways too. Such as Opening the Run Dialog and entering the command cmd (without the quotes.) Searching for Command Prompt in the start menu.

30. The command prompt should load.

31. Enter the command path (without the quotes) and press enter. You should see the new path location, which includes your update.

32. Enter the command java -version (without the quotes) and press enter. You should see the JRE version you have installed.

33. Enter the command javac -version (without the quotes) and press enter. You should see the JDK version you have installed.

34. Close the command prompt by click on the x on the top right or typing exit (without the quotes) and pressing enter. At this point, you can delete the JDK installer that you downloaded on step 6.

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