How do I create a desktop shortcut to start a .jar/.zip file?

Asked Mar 06 '14 at 18:53

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I have a jar file myJar.zip . I open it from cmd

c:\users\owner>cd myfolder
c:\users\owner\myFolder>java -jar myJar.zip

How would I create a desktop shortcut that would do this ?

edited Mar 06 '14 at 18:57

jbindel

asked Mar 06 '14 at 18:53

Azamat Bagatov

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Run this in the prompt `echo "java -jar c:\users\owner\myFolder\myJar.zip" > c:\users\owner\Desktop\foofoo.bat` – Bleeding Fingers Mar 06 '14 at 19:01
See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2622062/run-jar-from-batch-file, second post. – exception1 Mar 06 '14 at 19:01
Read this link: [Oracle Documentation](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/index.html) It talks about creating an executable from a `jar`. This link: [Executable JAR File](http://introcs.cs.princeton.edu/java/85application/jar/jar.html) will also help you. Cheers – Jukebocks77 Mar 06 '14 at 19:00

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