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

Another way to run jar files with a click/double-click, is to prepend "-jar " to the file's name. For example, you would rename the file MyJar.jar to -jar MyJar.jar.

You must have the .class files associated with java.exe, of course. This might not work in all cases, but it has worked most times for me.