Thread: Brand New/First Attempt

Ok so I am doing the infamous Hello World App, here is the code:

public class HelloApp
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
System.out.println("Hello, World!");
}
}


What I have done to my system, in the environment variables under system variables I added:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0\bin to the Path

From the command prompt I am able to compile the code with no errors (javac HelloApp.java)

I am however not able to execute the code with java HelloApp, I get the following error:
Error: Could not find or load main class HelloApp

I am however able to execute the code by typing: java -cp . HelloApp

No. You should not move the java or javac exe files. Leave them in the bin directory. Also you should not place any of your java files in the bin directory, you should have them in a separate directory somewhere else. So what is wrong with using java -cp . appname if it works?