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Asked: 2026-05-27T13:34:12+00:00

The user wants to start the Java GUI application from Windows , with some

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The user wants to start the Java GUI application from Windows, with some amount of additional JVM parameters.
For instance:

javaw -Djava.util.logging.config.file=logging.properties -jar MyGUI.jar

If I add the above line to the batch file, the user can double-click the batch-file name.
And it’s cool. But there is one annoying side effect: the batch file opens the cmd window before starting the GUI.

Is there a simple way to start the java GUI application by double-clicking the batch-file (or some other file which suits the above needs) without opening the cmd window?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I see a number of ways:

    • Use a launcher as generated by Launch4J (thanks to CodeBrickie for the tip) or Install4J/Exe4J. Launch4J allows you to tweak the parameters by creating an .l4j.ini file with the same name as the exe. In case of Exe4J, extra parameters can be specified in a .vmoptions file which you drop next to the generated exe.
    • Create a Shortcut to javaw.exe, give it the icon you want, set the “Start in” field to the directory of the application and specify your parameters to javaw in the Target field.
    • Make a VB script which launches javaw. If the VBS runtime is set to use wscript, no console window will pop up.
    • If you use Java Web Start, you might want to let the user tweak the JNLP file as specified in Java Webstart with parameters.
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