Windows CMD – Set JAVA_HOME Variable Using Command Prompt

This post shows you how to set JAVA_HOME environment variable using Windows CMD (Command Prompt).

1. Open CMD as administrator

First, we need to open CMD as administrator like this.

2. Set JAVA_HOME variable

Then use the following command to set JAVA_HOME variable.

setx JAVA_HOME "path/to/your/java/jdk" /M

For example, we set “C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_92” to JAVA_HOME.

3. Check JAVA_HOME variable

Now open another CMD and use echo %JAVA_HOME% command to check whether we did it right or not.

We are done!