How can I modify a file association to include a command line option/switch to the associated application? Specifically, I want to add "-jar" to the association of ".jar" files to java.exe. I want to be able to chage this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe filename.jar to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe -jar filename.jar This was real straight forward in XP but in 7 it appears to have been abstracted away. All I get displayed is the icon for java.exe and not the pathname for it.

Hi, You need to change the file association of this kind of file. Please refer to the following link. http://www.ehow.com/how_5702362_change-file-associations-windows-7.html Important Note: Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Juke, I don't think you really read my problem description thoroughly. I have already done what you suggested. The problem is that I cannot figure out how to textually or programmatically modify that file association to include a command line argument or switch to the associated application. I need to add the command line argument "-jar". How do I do that?Randall Bowen

See the 'ftype' and 'assoc' commands.