Set Command Prompt on Windows 7 to JDK7 after installed the JDK8

Question

Once I installed JDK 8, I am not succeeding to set the Command Prompt to the JDK 7 again, on Windows 7.

I have already set the system environment properties for both JAVA_HOME and PATH, to point to JDK7 and my JDK7/bin folder and I also restarted the SO and every time I open a new command prompt and run java -version I am always getting the version 8 of Java.

In Java Environment Settings I also have the JDK 7 enabled.

How can I configure my command prompt for the JDK 7 again?

Answer 1

An answer based on the comments.

java.exe is installed into the %SystemRoot%\system32 directory and this java runs the version of Java based on your registry. If you want to override this version of Java, you need to ensure not only that it is in your PATH, but it must appear before your %SystemRoot%\system32 otherwise only additional commands like javac or jar use the version you expect. (As these are not in System32 )