Re: [CentOS] Starting a java applet from the desktop

On Thu, January 28, 2010 10:17, Kwan Lowe wrote:

Easiest thing is to just create a shortcut that calls the jar properly. The procedure depends on the desktop, but for the most part it's just a rightclick on the desktop, then on the "link" field you'd put in your command and the path to the jar. I keep all my jar files in ~/bin/java/jar and my shortcut does:

java -jar ~/bin/java/jar/myapp.jar

Thank you for this information. I had tried creating a custom open command through properties but did not think to specify the -jar switch as part of the command. I tried again with the missing switch added and now it opens the application when I double click on it.