java 'jar' is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I'm getting the following error when I try to run the 'jar' command in the command line on windows : 'jar' is not recognized as an internal or external command

The general solution seems to be that I need to add the jdk bin folder to the PATH in environment variables. I have already done this, I added the following to the path variable : ...; C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_40\bin\;

Though I'm not sure if having the jdk reside in 'program files' instead of 'program files x86' affects this. I'm on 64 bit windows with 64 bit java. Thanks

Answer 1

The path should only contain directories where the OS will look for executables. Strip the trailing "\jar.exe" to set your path as:

(old path variables here);C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7\bin

Thanks To : @stevevls

Answer 2

Try using this command:

java -version 

If it doesn't work that means you failed to properly add path to jdk. If it does work, try using:

java -jar