File Extension JAR

.JAR File

File extension: JAR
File type: Archive
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Notes about the JAR file extension:


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The JAR file type is primarily associated with 'Java' by Sun Microsystems, Inc.. Compressed file package for classes and data. This is a special .ZIP format unrelated to the ARJ .JAR archive format. The JAR file format is based on the standard ZIP file format with an optional manifest file.

Detailed information for file extension JAR:

Primary association: Java
Company: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
File classification: Archive
Mime type: application/java-archive
Identifying characters Hex: 50 4B 03 04 14 00 08 00 08 00 , ASCII: PK
Related links: Java Archive File Format

Other applications associated with file type JAR:

  • Java (Applet) by SunSometimes these applets are used as applications on mobile devices like phones. The Mime types used with this association are: application/x-java-applet, application/x-java-applet;version=1.1, application/x-java-bean, application/x-java-bean;version=1.1, application/x-java-vm/java-applet, application/x-java-vm/java-beans.
  • JAR (Archive) by ARJ Software, Inc.JAR has a similar command and option feature set to the PC archiver ARJ, but it is not archive compatible with ARJ. JAR comes in a 16 bit DOS version and a 32 bit Windows version. This format is unrelated to the Sun .JAR archive format. This association is classified as Archive. The Mime types used with this association are: application/x-compressed.
  • JARCS (Compressed Archive) by JPMdL Archival SystemJARCS v0.94 - Compression Program. The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex: 4A 41 52 43 53 00 , ASCII: JARCS Related links: Download
File Identifier - TrID
'Identifying characters' used on FILExt.com are
provided by Marco Pontello from his TrID database



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Technical data

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System Info for File Extension .JAR

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and information FILExt collected directly from user systems.
ProgramID: Frigate3.open, FileType: ZipMagic ZOO, AppName: Frigate3
ProgramID: jarfile, FileType: Executable Jar File, AppName: javaw
EXEFile: javaw.exe
ProgramID: Javasoft Archiv, FileType: JavaSoft archive, AppName: WinAce Archiver v2.5
EXEFile: WinAce.exe
ProgramID: PAJAR, FileType: PowerArchiver JAR File, AppName: The most powerful Freeware Archive Utility
EXEFile: POWERARC.EXE
ProgramID: PicoZip, FileType: PicoZip Archive, AppName: PicoZip
EXEFile: PicoZip.exe
ProgramID: WinRAR, FileType: WinRAR archive, AppName: WinRAR archiver
EXEFile: WinRAR.exe
ProgramID: ZipItFast!, FileType: ZipItFast! File, AppName: ZipItFast!
EXEFile: ZIPITF~1.EXE
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%r\Java\jre1.5.0_02\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Oracle\JInitiator 1.3.1.25\bin\javaw.exe -jar
ProgramID: File.Jar
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ZipGenius 6\zipgenius.exe -open
ProgramID: pkzipfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\PKWARE\PKZIPW\PKZIPW.exe %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_09\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Oracle\JInitiator 1.3.1.17\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_10\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_10\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_03\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Sun Microsystems\J2RE 1.3.1\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.1_07\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_02\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.1_01\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_07\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: WinRAR
EXEFile: D:\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe %1
ProgramID: WinRAR
EXEFile: C:\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe %1
ProgramID: WinRAR
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe %1
ProgramID: PicoZip.jar
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\PicoZip\PicoZip.exe %1
ProgramID: PAJAR
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\PowerArchiver\POWERARC.EXE %1
ProgramID: Nokia.ApplicationInstaller
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Nokia\Nokia PC Suite 6\ApplicationInstaller.exe %1
ProgramID: Javasoft Archiv
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\WinAce\WinAce.exe %1
ProgramID: Java Archive
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\decomp\Archiver.exe %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Oracle\JInitiator 1.3.1.9\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_15\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_04\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_02\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.0_01\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\javasoft\jre1.4\1.4.1\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_01\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_06\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_06\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_03\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_02\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_01\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.1_04\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.1_02\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.1\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.0_03\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.0_01\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.0\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\!\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_04\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JavaSoft\JRE\1.2\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: IZArc
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\IZARC\IZARC.EXE %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_08\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_03\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_08\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.1_06\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_05\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.0_02\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_09\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Oracle\JInitiator 1.3.1.18\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1
ProgramID: Motorola.MotorolaDesktopSuite.JARFILE
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Motorola\Motorola Desktop Suite\AppManager.exe %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: UltimateZip
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ULTIMA~1\uzip.exe %1
ProgramID: Filzip
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Filzip\Filzip.exe %1
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\EasyOffice\java\bin\javaw.exe -jar %1 %*
ProgramID: MimarSinan Codex
EXEFile: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /idlist,%I,%L
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.6.0\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_07\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Oracle\JInitiator 1.3.1.24\bin\javaw.exe -jar
ProgramID: IZArcJAR
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\IZArc\IZArc.exe
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: ICEOWSDoc
EXEFile: rundll32 %SystemRoot%\system32\ShellExt\IceGUI.dll,RouteTheCall
ProgramID: uz.jar
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ULTIMA~1\uzip.exe
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_11\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Business Objects\JRE\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: ExtractNow
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ExtractNow\extractnow.exe
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_08\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: ALZip.jar
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ESTsoft\ALZip\ALZip.exe
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_09\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: PowerDesk.Archive
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\VCOM\PowerDesk\PDExplo.exe
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.1_13\bin\javaw.exe -jar
ProgramID: Javasoft Archiv
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\WinAce.exe
ProgramID: SonyEricsson.ApplicationInstaller.1
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Sony Ericsson\Mobile4\3rdPartyInstaller\3rdPartyInstaller.exe
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_10\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_12\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3\bin\javaw.exe -jar
ProgramID: UltimateZip
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\UltimateZip 2.7\uzip.exe
ProgramID: ExtractNow
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\ExtractNow\extractnow.exe
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.6.0_01\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.1_03\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%Files\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\j2re1.4.2_14\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: Filzip
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Filzip\Filzip.exe
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_12\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.6.0_02\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java Ver6\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.6.0_03\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: Midp2Exe.Document
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Kwyshell\MidpX\Midp2Exe\Midp2Exe.exe -jar -r
ProgramID: Nokia.ApplicationInstaller
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Nokia PC Suite 6\ApplicationInstaller.exe
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.6.0_04\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.6.0_05\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.6.0_06\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: Nokia.ApplicationInstaller
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Nokia\Nokia PC Suite 7\ApplicationInstaller.exe
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe -jar %*
ProgramID: jarfile
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Oracle\JInitiator 1.3.1.28\bin\javaw.exe -jar
ProgramID: LhaplusArchive_jar
EXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Lhaplus\Lhaplus.exe
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