Thread: Compiling Java

I have decided to start learning Java to help me get at least a basic understanding of what is going on. In the tutorial on the oracle website I am told to use command prompt as my way of directing my file to be compiled however it responds every time saying that javac is not a command or operable program or batch file. I have tried pointing it in the right directory and it still does not work, so I was wondering if anyone knows what I am doing wrong or if there is a better compiler I can use that is free, not on a trial and has all features available.

I looked at the list of common problems and attempted to solve mine but I could not fix it.

Now, when attempting by writing out the full path for javac, cmd responds by saying that "The system cannot find the path specified."

The path of my javac is "CProgram Files>Java>jdk1.7.0_02>bin>javac.exe". How exactly should I write this in cmd?