How to setup Main class in manifest file in jar produced by NetBeans project

Question

I have the following problem. I have a Java project in my NetBeans IDE 6.8. When I compile it and it produces a .jar file containing everything possible, the META-INF is not

Answer 1

This is a problem still as of 7.2.1 . Create a library cause you do not know what it will do if you make it an application & you are screwed.

Did find how to fix this though. Edit nbproject/project.properties, change the following line to false as shown:

mkdist.disabled=false

After this you can change the main class in properties and it will be reflected in manifest.