How to use a .jar? [Mobile/Archive]

cdietschrun

10-09-2008, 05:05 PM

I have Windows Vista 64 am trying to run MARS ( a MIPS Assembler Simulator ) and it comes in a .jar. When I click to open it, WinRAR opens and I don't have anything useful that I can use to run this program.

Can anyone help me out?

Oktoberfest

10-09-2008, 05:29 PM

if winrar isn't unzipping it, then try 7-zip

cdietschrun

10-09-2008, 05:51 PM

I think I mis-communicated my point. I can open it and browse the things, but I believe .jar files are supposed to be programs, because when I open it, there's nothing to run.

musha666

10-09-2008, 05:55 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jar-file

BlueLobstah

10-09-2008, 05:55 PM

A jar is like an executable file for Java, you need to ensure that you have a Java Runtime Environment (http://java.sun.com/j2se/desktopjava/jre/) installed in order to run the jar.

lilboo

10-09-2008, 06:01 PM

fill it up with .jelly