JAVA_HOME vs PATH Variable Along with the configuration of JAVA_HOME, it is also useful to simultaneously update the operating system's PATH variable. With the PATH, the Java installation's \bin ...

The following command permanently points JAVA_HOME to the location you set: setx JAVA_HOME -m "C:\_jdk25.0" The option to manually set JAVA_HOME through the command line is especially useful if you ...

The reason is that older Java installers are designed to look for and automatically load a number of specifically named DLL (Dynamic Link Library) files from the current directory.