Keytools Problem

[Gene]

The root of this problem probably comes from my Windows 7 or Java installation, but it's Android LC related in that I'm trying to generated a key for standalone deployment of an Android app.

I have scoured the tutorials, including the Summer Academy, and the process of setting up to locate and run Keytools seems pretty straight forward. However, trying to run Keytools fails both ways I try it. From the command prompt, I get returned: "keytool is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." Then, trying to run keytool.exe directly from the java jdk folder (program files (x86)) brings up a black window just long enough to give me a blimpse of what looks like I am supposed to see, but then the window disappears, not to be found anywhere.

LC seems to be playing nicely with Java, and knows where the installation is, and I have the full path to keytool.exe in my environmental variables "Path" list. It should all be good.

Has anyone experienced a problem getting to keytools on their system? Any advice on where to go looking for a solution will be most appreciated.