'"java.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
You need to put the file java.exe in your PATH variable but the JRE in JAVA_HOME
If you look at the "ant.bat" file, you will see that it looks for the "java" command in the following way:
- If the
%JAVACMD%environment variable is set, then it uses that. - Otherwise, if the
%JAVA_HOME%environment variable is set, it tries to use%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe - Otherwise, it tries to use
java.exe; i.e. it will look on your %PATH%.
In your case, you have %JAVA_HOME% set ... but set to the Java installation's "bin" directory, not to the root of the installation. So the Ant.bat script looks in the wrong place for java.exe.
Just set %JAVA_HOME% correctly, and it should work.
JAVA_HOME C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_06
As you can see from the above, you do not need to have the Java "bin" directory on your %PATH% for Ant to work, but it is a good idea to set it anyway. That way you can run the Java commands simply from the command line.
The setting of %CLASSPATH% is not relevant to this problem. Indeed, unless the build.xml file is broken, Ant will ignore your %CLASSPATH% environment variable.