Thank a lot, A1880! I added a JAVA_HOME entry pointing to my \bin folder in the latest Java installation (c:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin) and that allowed launching .jar files. I tried the "java -jar myProject.exe.jar" trick and it worked, but just clicking myProject.exe.jar (after renaming to .jar) also worked. BTW, in case I select the compile-to-jar option, I always get an .exe file instead, I also tried to add c:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin to my path, but that didn't help to run the MyProje...

I'm replying to myself: reinstalling didn't help...

Hi Riaan! Yes. I have version 6 (build 1.6.0_17-b04), and I never noticed something wrong with java. When I compile a very simple SDI application (1 form, 1 button, 1 label that changes when I press the button), which perfectly runs in the IDE, I an EXE, but it just doesn't work. If I open the task manager, I can't see a process starting and then exiting. It just doesn't start. BTW, compiling to a JAR file produces an output file which is identical to the EXE in size (and it also has the same .e...

Hi everybody, this is my first post and, obviously, it's about a problem. I have some very simple code that is working perfectly in the IDE, but, after compiling to an EXE, I can find the EXE, but it doesn't work. It seems it doesn't even try to run. Any hints? Thanks evrybody, and all the best, Michele