Protect Jar file source code with exe file (Java) [duplicate] - java

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How can I convert my Java program to an .exe file?
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How would I make a .JAR file open up when I make another file as .EXE?
I have tried many things, but they don't work.
I want this for another way to protect my source code. Kind of like what Minecraft does. You open a .EXE, and somehow the .EXE opens up the .JAR file.
Anyone have any ideas?

To convert to exe, I use JAR2EXE.
However obfuscating your code can deter people who want to access your code. But a determined person would still access it. You can use proguard to obfuscate your code.\
ProGuard

You want something like this:
-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obfuscated_code
You can access the MineCraft.jar but the code is obfuscated.

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I have made a jar file for a software that I need to use. The problem is that since it is a jar file, anyone can get .class files and decompile them to get the actual java code.
Could some one please point out how to keep this java code secure. I have tried converting this jar to exe using launch4j but noticed that it just packs everything to exe. This exe can be extracted and then decompiled to get the actual java code.
I just need code to be secure, whether by converting to exe or by any other method. Please help.
Thanks in advance
What you need is Java Code obfuscator which will change the Java code without changing the actual functions.
Check ProGuard which does that.

How does Minecraft have a .exe extension on windows [duplicate]

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I've always wondered how, on Windows, Minecraft has an exe file that will work, You can also change the file extension to .jar and run it like a normal jar file as well, Any ideas on how they have accomplished this?
I've searched all over google and haven't found any answers. Unless I'm just searching the wrong thing, I would like to know how to package my JARs like this!
Thanks!
They use a program called launch4J to wrap the jar into an exe. As you can see the program here http://launch4j.sourceforge.net/. This is apparent when you run minecraft with No java installed you will see a message box from launch4j saying that you need to install java. Note the java code is not converted to native windows code just launched natively.

How to make jar file without using any IDE [duplicate]

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I decompile jar file using jd-gui app. I made some changes on it.
After that i try to compile main.java file which one include all packages & other java files.
Then it Shows classnotfound exception.
I need to it without using any IDE.
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A JAR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAR_%28file_format%29) file is a ZIP-compatible archive of your compiled classes and other binary resource.
Feel free to unpack/pack it or treat it the way you treat ZIP-archive, say using your favorite archiving tool, like 7zip.
You can even create a ZIP archive with the contents you wish your JAR to contain and simply change the file extension to .jar.
NOTE: in case you use compression for your ZIP-archive, because in that case your manifest often must be the first entry in the archive.

How do I decompile a .jar file? [duplicate]

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I have a .jar file. Its a single file, but I want to "decompile" it to get at the original java code (or at whatever would be closest to the Java code - something I could understand, and edit). I believe my file is (specifically) a java applet, but its saved as an executable jar file (.jar).
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Here is another stackoverflow question.

Adding a .dll file to a jar [duplicate]

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I have a third party library that comes with .dll files that I need in order to run my java jar file. How can I include them in my jar file when I deploy my application? (I am using JSmooth to create an exe file - if that helps anything)
NOTE: I have looked at this stackoverflow question, but there's only one answer there, and I don't think it will work for me.
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this has come up before. the short answer is that you cant - the dll has to be accessible to the underline OS and so cannot be inside the jar.
it can, however, be unpacked from within the jar to somewhere in the PATH before you call loadLobrary ....
look here : How to make a JAR file that includes DLL files?

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