<= Back 1. Go to Start > Control Panel > System 2. Click the "advanced" tab 3. Click "environment variables" 4. If there is a "Java Home" variable under "System Variables" delete it. 5. Then Click "new" under System variables 6. Enter "JAVA_HOME" for the name and "C:\jdk1.5.0_06" for value 7. Select "Path" under System variables and enter "%JAVA_HOME%\bin;" at the beginning 8. Under "User variables for root" select "PATH" and click "edit" 9. At the very begining of the "Variable value" type "%JAVA_HOME%\bin;" 10. Now the environmental variable has been set. You're done. <= Back