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Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default

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On 21-07-2012 18:11, Gordon Levi wrote:
> Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Gordon Levi wrote:
>>> I have an application that uses the JDBC-ODBC driver that worked in
>>> the (Netbeans) IDE but failed to find the (Access) database when using
>>> the default file association under Windows 7. In the hope of getting
>>> some more information I ran the application in a command line window
>>> using javaw and it worked.
>>>
>>> In summary, clicking on a shortcut to &quot;C:\src\myapp\dist\myapp.jar&quot;
>>> file in Windows 7 failed because it did not find my database although
>>> it invoked myapp. Clicking on a shortcut to
>>> "C:\Windows\System32\javaw.exe -jar C:\src\myapp\dist\myapp.jar"
>>> works. Can someone explain why?
>>>
>>> In case it is relevant, I did try the jar file's directory and the
>>> database directory for the "Start in:" directory.
>>
>> Apparently the file association to the JAR files is not "C:\Windows\System32\javaw.exe -jar %1".
>>
>> What exactly is your associated command for JAR files?
> 
> I think if I knew that "exactly" I might have been able to answer my
> own question. Window 7 shows it as a pretty Java icon with a
> description of "Java(TM) Platform SE binary".
> 

on a comman-prompt try this:
O:\>assoc .jar
.jar=jarfile

O:\>ftype jarfile
jarfile="C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe" -jar "%1" %*

O:\>

(after the 'ftype' specify the output of the first command)

The output of this second line is the command that is executed when you
double click a jar-file.
The above output show what will be executed if i do this on MY computer,
repeat the steps to show what will be executed on YOUR computer.

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Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2012-07-21 00:55 +1000
  Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-20 10:52 -0700
    Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-07-20 21:20 -0700
      Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default David <usenet1@profectus.com.au> - 2012-07-22 02:16 +1000
        Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-07-21 16:11 -0700
    Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2012-07-22 02:11 +1000
      Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-07-21 16:50 +0000
        Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2012-07-21 19:58 +0200
      Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2012-07-21 19:56 +0200
      Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-07-21 23:36 -0700
      Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2012-07-23 01:01 +1000

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