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Re: JAR file association on Windows 7 broken

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"Arne Vajhøj"  wrote in message 
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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.

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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.

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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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