Re: Execute jar by double click

One place to do that is in the registry at 'HKCR/jarfile' in the
shell/command default value

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"etg" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I've got the following problem, to which I did not find an answer so
> far:
> I want to execute a jar file via double-clicking it in the explorer.
>
> My first attempt, declaring "javaw" als program to open jar files did
> not work out, Vista tries to execute
> Code:
> javaw xyz.jar
> which is wrong. It should execute
> Code:
> javaw -jar xyz.jar
> In XP it was possible to declare this in the "open" section of the file
> handling options. In Vista I did not find the right place yet.
>
> Does anyone have the answer or a link to the answer?
>
> Thanks, etg.
>
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