As a specific example, I was troubleshooting something related to javaws.exe (Java Web Start) and found it in two places:
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaws.exe
and
C:\Windows\System32\javaws.exe
I'm guessing the Java installer put it in both folders. Is it also in the System32 folder because C:\Windows\System32 is in the PATH? Which means you can call javaws
from a cmd shell without specifying the absolute path (is that correct?).
My background is mainly Linux, so just trying to understand Windows a little deeper. Thanks!