Explicit problems with the Java environment, maven also

Question

So, I reinstalled java in a directory that has no spaces, since I had problems with it before.

Java JDK is installed in:

E:\downloads\java\jdk

I created a user variable:

JAVA_HOME E:\downloads\java\jdk

And my Path looks like this:

%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%M2%;

Now open the NEW cmd prompt :

c:\java
'java' is not recognized...

but the echo works:

c:\echo %JAVA_HOME%
E:\downloads\java\jdk

so:

c:\%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -version
java version "1.6.0_17"

I am trying to get this to work, so I can get maven to work, since maven has the same type of problems (I created M2_HOME and M2, and no one works).

What exactly am I doing wrong? I also have the same problem on my laptop, both work with Windows 7. I have to skip something!

Edit According to your comments, M2 output:

M2 M2 = E:\\Java\-Maven-2,2,1-\-Maven-2.2.1\Bin M2_HOME: e:\downloads\java\apache-maven-2.2.1-bin\apache-maven-2.2.1

PATH

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Answer 1

, %JAVA_HOME% %M2% PATH. , . PATH :

%PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%M2_HOME%\bin

Answer 2

('\') , :

%JAVA_HOME%\bin\;%M2%;

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