Having recently installed SDK 1.4 I am now attempting to define the path & classpath but being very new to java am unsure as to how to proceed. My current autoexe bat states the current path as:

PATH C:\BITWARE\

Having tried different paths i.e. more recently,

PATH C:\BITWARE\;C:\jdk1.4\bin;c:\jdk\classes;.

I still have to type the full path when promped in DOS:
i.e. To get to the 'JavaPrograms' directory I need to code:

C:|WINDOWS>cd c:\jdk1.4\JavaPrograms

I feel there should be benefits thru adding a path but feel it should be a lot shorter.

Additionally, I appear to have a problem viewing applets & have been advised that I might need an applet viewer downloaded separately.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Jake