java - Yet another 'cannot find symbol' error when creating a new class object -

in short, i'm trying instantiate within main method in order handle computations. wrote main class in eclipse , able compile , run smoothly.

main method:

public static void main(string[] args) {     ...      outsideclass class = new outsideclass();      ... } 

i ran in eclipse, worked smoothly until got error due to insufficient privileges, led me switch on using cmd.exe administrator.

i navigated eclipse folder had classes saved , ran javac x.java each file in folder, 1 one. able javac outsideclass.java without errors, though when came javac main.java, received following error:

main.java:36: error: cannot find symbol                     outsideclass outside = new outsideclass();                     ^ symbol:   class outsideclass location: class main main.java:36: error: cannot find symbol                     outsideclass outside = new outsideclass();                                           ^ symbol:   class outsideclass location: class main 2 errors 

the outsideclass doesn't have defined constructor, though don't know if matters or not.

the java compiler needs source (.java) or bytecode (.class) of outsideclass when compiling main.java.

try javac *.java, or javac -cp outsideclass.class main.java provide outsideclass's definition compiler when compiling main.

it more customary java developers compile java sources of single project via 1 javac invitation, either directly, or via tool such maven.