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Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken

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Qu0ll wrote:
> "Arne Vajhøj"  wrote in message news:4fef94eb$0$282$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
>
> On 6/30/2012 8:00 PM, Qu0ll wrote:
>> I have somehow managed to break the file association between JAR files
>> and Java on Windows 7 such that I can no longer double click on an
>> executable JAR file.  How can I fix it?  Reinstalling the JRE has not
>> helped.
>>
>> I can right click on a JAR file and select Open With and then select
>> java.exe but there doesn't seem to be a way to specify that that
>> java.exe needs the -jar command line option to run them and so this
>> doesn't work.  It correctly changes the JAR file icon to the Java icon
>> but they still won't open on double click.
>
> I think it should be javaw and not java.
>
> And you need to get the command line right.
>
> http://windowstipoftheday.blogspot.com/2005/10/setting-jar-file-association.html
>
> https://support.istaria.com/index.php?act=article&code=view&id=55
>
> should give some hints.
>
> ----------------------------------
>
> Thanks Arne but unfortunately they didn't solve my problem.  The first link
> doesn't apply to Windows 7 and both the utility and command in the second link
> made no difference (so maybe they don't work in Windows 7 either).  So I still
> cannot double click on executable JAR files.  I think once you have chosen
> "Open with..." it sets the association in concrete.  In my case it has
> remembered an incorrect command and I cannot see any way of overriding it.

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.

-- 
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.
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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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