If you installed multiple JDKs on windows, here is how to switch among them.<\/p>\n
*Create or modify JAVA_HOME environment variable and point it to the correct jdk home.<\/p>\n
set JAVA_HOME=C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.5.0_14<\/PRE>\r\n*Add '%JAVA_HOME%\\bin' to the beginning<\/strong> of the PATH environment variable.\r\nset PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\\bin;%PATH%<\/pre>\n*Check correct jdk is now configured by executing DOS command 'java -version'. Make sure that the DOS window is NOT in 'C:\\WINDOWS\\system32>' since later versions of JDK installation will copy their java executables to that directory so executing 'java -version' in 'C:\\WINDOWS\\system32>' will always show the version of that java executable.<\/p>\n
\r\nC:\\WINDOWS\\system32>cd \\\r\n\r\nC:\\>java -version\r\njava version \"1.5.0_14\"\r\nJava(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_14-b03)\r\nJava HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_14-b03, mixed mode, sharing)\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you installed multiple JDKs on windows, here is how to switch among them. *Create or modify JAVA_HOME environment variable and point it to the correct jdk home. set JAVA_HOME=C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.5.0_14 *Add ‘%JAVA_HOME%\\bin’ to the beginning of the PATH environment … Continue reading