env var hell - please help, J2EE_HOME, JAVA_HOME, etc.  
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PostPosted: 2003-12-3 2:12:00 Top

java-programmer, env var hell - please help, J2EE_HOME, JAVA_HOME, etc. I'm a java newbie running on XP, and I'm having a hard time getting
one of my company's apps to work. I think it's my env vars.

I first downloaded NetBeans which came pre-bundled with j2sdk. I
believe it is here, C:\Program Files\j2sdk_nb\j2sdk1.4.2.

Next I'm told I'll need J2EE, so I installed Sun Appserver, and I
think the j2ee part is here, C:\Sun\AppServer\jdk.

So where should my JAVA_HOME and J2EE_HOME point to? Did I do
something bad by installing appserver to a separate directory? Is it
ok to have j2sdk and j2ee in different directories like I do?

thanks.

chris