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Asked: 2026-05-22T14:33:46+00:00

Some questions are like: How can I package my java app into an exe

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Some questions are like: How can I package my java app into an exe ?
This is not what I am going to ask.

I can launch my application by doing the following: 

java -jar myApp.jar

That works perfectly (Assuming the machine has java 1.5.0 or >)

Now what I was thinking of having is a myApp.exe file.

What it would do is the following:

  1. check if java is installed on the machine and its version.
    if java is not there it would prompt a dialog to say:
    “you need to install java to run myApp”
    exactly like eclipse.exe does if it does not find java.
    it would then terminate.
  2. if java is there, then effectively run the command
    javaw -jar app.jar and spawn the process.

any idea ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I left this question unanswered for a very long time.
    I think it’s fair to say that there is no such easy way to do so.
    JSmooth looks like a good tool, but it’s pretty limited.
    Eclipse has written its own solution and so many other solutions written in java deployed as exe.

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