Running JAR file on Windows

Question

I have a JAR file named helloworld.jar. In order to run it, I\'m executing the following command in a command-line window:

Answer 1

PreScript: If your prompt appears and disappears immediately, the reason it does so is that your program gets executed and auto shut. Try putting a scanner in the end to terminate and it'll keep your prompt waiting for input before terminating. (Or use delay maybe)

Was in the very same situation, where running .jar from cmd was working fine, but double clicking did nothing.

Solution: Open any text editor and write the command line: java -jar Example.jar Save the file as a .bat file. Run this bat file to get the needed output.

Taking it one step forward, you can convert this bat file to exe file using a simple GUI tool like Bat To Exe Converter.

Now you can share your .jar as a distribution in .exe file which anyone can use just make sure you keep all the files together. (Especially the .jar and .bat file cause .bat is only a cmd prompt)(How it feels logical)

I am fairly new to development and learning a lot. Please excuse for any mistakes if committed. Suggestions are welcome.