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Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken

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"Lew"  wrote in message news:jsod4j$hbc$1@news.albasani.net...

Qu0ll wrote:
> "Lew"  wrote in message news:jso8qb$aon$1@news.albasani.net...
>
> [snip]
>
> This is a Windows question, not a Java question. Windows has the ability 
> to
> associate command lines with an extension, including options. Look up how.
>
> "Open with..." is only the common-case shortcut. You need to dig into
> control-panelish options to go beyond it.
>
> GIYF.
>
> ------------------------------------------
>
> You are such a hard task master Lew.  This question may not be directly
> related to Java _programming_ but it is related to getting Java to work on 
> my
> machine which is necessary if I want to continue as a Java programmer.

That's not the point, and I'm not a task master at all. I'm simply pointing
out that your question is specific to knowledge of Windows, and that this
forum is not optimal for that topic.

Just because it's related to Java doesn't mean that Java skills will solve 
it.
In this case it takes Windows skills.

I am so very deeply sorry to speak simple truth here. I assure you that I 
did
not do it to offend your sensibilities but to suggest a more propitious 
approach.

> Anyway, my Google skills must be a little lacking because I cannot locate 
> any
> link which tells me how to do this in Windows 7.  The File Types tab in
> Windows Explorer has been removed in Windows 7 and the file type 
> associations
> option in Control Panel doesn't seem to allow you to specify a command 
> line.

I don't know if this'll help or not, but if Windows knowledge doesn't solve
your problem sure as Hell is an icy place the cross-platform, independent
viewpoint of Java isn't going to do you a spit of good.

But since you seem all bent out of shape that I profess not to be an expert 
in
Windows 7 and that a Windows 7-specific forum might improve your chances of 
a
good answer, I felt bad and decided to Google on your behalf. Again, I'm no
Windows expert so maybe these links won't help as much as I most abjectly 
and
sincerely hope they will.

<http://izt.name/soft/types/>

Based on the screenshots at
<http://www.winvistaclub.com/t19.html>
it looks like Types gives you access to the command line for the 
association.

I apologize but my abjectness and desire to help only extended to five 
minutes
of Internet search on "windows 7 set file associations", but I noted that 
many
of the links from that search seemed quite promising.

-----------------------------

No worries and thanks for the links.  I am not at all "bent out of shape" 
and thankfully I have solved the problem by hacking the registry after 
reading Stefan's post.  As markspace also indicated, I am surprised that a 
simple reinstall of the JRE did not resolve the issue.

--
And loving it,

-Qu0ll (Rare, not extinct)
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JAR file association on Windows 7 broken "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 10:00 +1000
  Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-30 20:08 -0400
    Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 10:55 +1000
      Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-30 18:23 -0700
        Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 11:54 +1000
          Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-30 19:37 -0700
            Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 12:46 +1000
              Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-30 21:52 -0700
      Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-30 21:30 -0400
        Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 11:55 +1000
          Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-06-30 22:16 -0400
  Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2012-07-01 12:10 +1000
  Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken markspace <-@.> - 2012-06-30 19:11 -0700
  Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-06-30 21:00 -0700
  Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken jayadeep66@gmail.com - 2012-06-30 21:13 -0700
    Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-06-30 21:53 -0700
      Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-07-01 07:41 -0700

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