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I downloaded jdk-8u261-windows-x64.exe and installed it. After the installation it produced a folder named Java inside C:\Program Files.

Inside Java folder there were two new folders. One was for jdk and the other was for jre. I added jdk's bin location to the Path Environment Variable and tried executing the jar file of one software. But, the jar file was still naked like there was no any program icon in it. Then I tried running it but it didn't show any programs that can execute the jar file.

I'm doing this in windows 10. What am I missing here?

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Morphine
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    I’m voting to close this question because this is not even remotely related to programming, but to using a specific operating system. – Michael Piefel Dec 30 '20 at 20:08

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There is no such magic like opening a *.txt file in your preferred text editor. Running a jar file needs the command line:

java -jar my.jar

And the jar file must contain a manifest which indicates the main class to load.

See also this SO entry

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