Error: Could not find or load main class

[Mike Bio]

Dear All

I'm not able to run a simple helloWorld class in via line command. I recieve this error : "Error: Could not find or load main class"

Please see the screenshot:


Java version= JDK 8
Java is set in Path= ;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;
ClassPath is set = ;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\dt.jar
%JAVA_HOME%= C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_77

Regards,

[Fred Kleinschmidt]

Please do not post screen shots of text. Just copy/paste the text into your post.

[Steffe Wilson]

Try this:

java -cp . C3

(-cp tells java which directory to look into for your class file (ie classpath), the dot (.) means current directory)

[Campbell Ritchie]

… and at this point we hope you will find out that setting a system CLASSPATH usually does more harm than good. Delete the CLASSPATH and set it with the -cp option whenever you actually need the tools or dt jars. You probably will have to use the -cp option for both java and javac tools.

[Mike Bio]

Thank you ALL,

java -cp . C3 resolved the problem.

Regards,

[Campbell Ritchie]

Sorry; I hadn't noticed you are new, so I hope I'm not too late to welcome you here
I still think you are better off deleting that CLASSPATH altogether. There is no need to supply a path to the .jars in the standard JDK to your CLASSPATH. At least not with JDK versions > 12 approx.
But when the problem recurs, you will know what the solution is.