Why cant java.exe or javaw find the "main" function?

Question

I have compiled and run programs a few times without any problems. Then on my last project, the program complied fine, but when I tried to run it, I got the error with java.exe:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: myprogram
When I ran it with javaw.exe, I got the error:
Could not find the main class. Program will exit!
I have looked over my code again and again to see if I made any mistakes that I am missing, but cannot find any. I have tried reinstalling everything (I am using Java 2 Standard Edition 1.4.1 02, if it makes a difference). And I even did a simple test program and got the same error. The program is:
public class test
static void main( String args[] )
System.out.println("I found the main class");
Does anyone have any suggestions as to the cause of this error and how to fix it?

Answer 1

Does anyone have any suggestions as to the cause of
this error and how to fix it?try renaming your source file to be Test.java
modify content to be:public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
  System.out.println("it works fine now");
}and then compile it with command javac Test.java and run whit command java Test
BTW. you said you had error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: myprogram
that refers to problem that you're trying to execute program myprogram but your source sait its name was test.