weird jvm behavior all of a sudden

Newbie & Debugging Questions
#1

OK the best way to escirbe my error is with the following image (cut and paste please)
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This never happened, but for some reason today it does. I can call javac to compile the simple test.java file in the directory, and it does, but then when I try to run the test.class it says class not found. I did not change any class paths or anything like that. Can someone please tell me what is going on. Why is it that all of a sudden java can’t see the class files?

#2

Type “echo %CLASSPATH%” to see what you’ve screwed up. To fix it, type “set CLASSPATH=”. To permanently fix it, right click on “My Computer”, click on “Properties”, select the “Advanced” tab, click on “Environment Variables”, and fix the CLASSPATH entry. The two ways to fix it are:

  1. Delete it. (This will make anything that was previously in the classpath unavailable.)
  2. Add a “;.” to the end.

Edit: Changed $ to %%. Keep forgetting how much DOS scripting sucks.