Can't execute jar- file: “no main manifest attribute”

Question

I have installed an application, when I try to run it (it\'s an executable jar) nothing happens. When I run it from the commandline with:

java -jar \

Answer 1

I had this problem and i solved it recently by doing this in Netbeans 8 (Refer to the image below):

1. go to properties of your project.
2. click on Run.
3. specify the main class of your project using browse.
4. build and run the Jar file.