cmd 'where java' produces two results

Question

When I do where java in the cmd terminal, I get the following results:

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_25\bin\java.exe
C:\Windows\System32\java.exe

Is it meant to do that? I thought it should only produce the first result as that's what's set in my Path environmental variable. I am using Windows 8 if that helps.

This is the documented behaviour of `where`command on Windows — Gyro Gearless, Sep 18 '13 at 10:36
So it is meant to do that? I thought java's supposed to be installed in only one place\system's meant to look in one place. — obsessiveCookie, Sep 18 '13 at 10:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 18 '13 at 10:38

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C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_25\bin\java.exe is the entry you get because you defined it in the Path.

You are getting the second one, because you have a java.exe in your System32 folder. I guess the installer did this.

answered Sep 18 '13 at 10:38

Philipp Sander

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Do you think this maybe the cause of why my SDK Manager for Android is not starting? I have looked at posts like this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5199811/android-sdk-manager-wont-open and android.bat when ran opens SDK manager changing anything. It is just when I click on the actual application that gets the manager not starting.. – obsessiveCookie Sep 18 '13 at 10:44
Oh never mind I found out why the SDK manager application wasn't starting. It couldnt find the android_home, so I had to set a new environmental variable: `ANDROID_HOME` and point it to my sdk location – obsessiveCookie Sep 18 '13 at 21:02

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 18 '13 at 10:43

By default your PATH always have C:\Windows\System32, where just looks for the location of the file with search pattern and in your case, you added jdk bin location to your PATH, also your system32 folder also has java.exe, thats why you see two entries in your output.

cmd 'where java' produces two results

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