How to open Java files in Windows - Run .JAR Files

How to extract or run .JAR Java files in Windows. As well as a easy fix to the issue.

.JAR files are an important part of daily computer life. Especially if you plan Java-based games like Minecraft. In this video, we go over a common issue people have with these files.

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[Nobook]

this guy is a total chad he has solved my problem with me not being able to open the forge installer

[angelsantana]

Thank you, kind sir. This just saved me a trimester of school

[athesus]

Thank you so much, I had looked for so long and finally found something that opens them :D

[ArcaneWorkshop]

In my 25 years of computing, I so RARELY search for an answer to something, only to find it, and actually have it work, so THANK YOU!

[Joostmhw]

This video was more helpful for installing Optifine than the actual Optifine installing tutorial I was watching, thanks!

[samturner]

BTW if you cant turn the txt file into a batch file, make sure you have "file name extensions" enabled in the view settings. if you dont it will think its called run.bat.txt.
hope this helps some people :))

[joahhh]

you saved me dude ive been looking for 3 days staying up until 2 am because i accidentally used internet explorer to open it at first and now i know how holy ily

[rydcr]

oh my gosh, thank you so much i have tried so so hard to find a video like this to help me install forge/optifine etc. thank you so much

[mizdrmcdoogles]

i love when people have videos of the exact problem thanks dude!

[mattestrada]

Oh man, this is exactly what I was looking for. Everyone just says to open it after installing java but that didn't work for my pc or laptop! Thank you so much, life saver

[dominicbourne]

OMG THIS MAN IS A LITERAL SAINT!! Thank you so much, you have gained one more sub today for letting me play immersive portals

[DenBlackburn]

Dont you just love it when the fist video you watch sorts the problem you are having. You sir are a gentleman, thank you for your time and effort.

[LamRust]

your brain is massive... no joke! thank you so much! i never would have thought of doing it this way! i just spent the last 5 hours trying to convert it, reinstalling java etc etc. Nothing worked! until this! thankyou!!!

[northtechmusic]

The second tip worked for me to install forge.
Thank you so much for the tutorial, I quite literally could not have installed forge without.

[RHNOTHEREAL]

It still opens and immediately closes. What do i do?

[sergiogaravito]

I have been trying for weeks to find a fix on my jar files. This will make my server very interesting thank you.

[kyleholguin]

when i create the run.bat it doesn't turn into a .bat file. it just stays as a text doc

[nateureo]

finally, a big THANKS. Good video, i had to make sure the edited bat file was in the same folder that the jar file i originally couldn't get to run was in

[ItsCloudeyy]

when i make the run.bat document it doesn’t prompt me to add an extension

[DarkDekicDuka]

You, sir, are the first person in the history of me trying to fix this problem for years that has given me a solution that worked flawlessly.