I've seen this program and I've downloaded it several times, dragging a copy of the SK folder onto my desktop and placing it in it. At first its a archive file meaning its extract-able. But I've looked around AND seen a tutorial and now I know for sure it runs on Java. So I right clicked and clicked properties and changed the program to Java. I opened it again and it a quick cmd with code on it popped out in a small window and disappeared in a split second (command line). I saw two others who had this problem and it got fixed automatically. However for me nothing is happening. Oh yea and I have tried extracting the file, its just a bunch of files used in the program. Also I do not know what the command line is its really quick. And yes I am paying for fix!!!
Just place your ign with the fix and who knows maybe you will be getting cr in your mail pretty soon!
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Mon, 10/31/2011 - 14:33
I haven't used SpiralSpy before, because I am not interested in accessories at all.
But from the download link I can see it's a JAR file. A JAR file is actually just a ZIP file, with a specific file (namely, META-INF\Manifest.mf) always present. The manifest.mf file is there to contain information about the Java classes inside the JAR file.
In SpiralSpy's manifest, it already contains a Main-Class attribute. By default Java installs the file association allowing you to simply double click such a JAR to run it.
Your descriptions do not give a very clear picture of what you've done, but it seems likely that you've messed up your file association for JAR files. In that case a simpler solution is to uninstall and reinstall Java Runtime. That should put the file association back for you.
Or you can try running it via command line:
1. Start menu | Run
2. Type "cmd" and press ENTER
3. Change directory to where SpiralSpy's JAR file is (e.g. cd C:\SpiralSpy)
4. Type "java -jar spiralspy-1.0.jar" and press ENTER.
5. SpiralSpy should run. In my case, since I don't have Spiral Knights installed, it prompts me to put spiralspy-1.0.jar into Spiral Knights' directory.
6. If that works, you can create a new shortcut with the Target box saying "java -jar C:\SpiralSpy\spiralspy-1.0.jar".
No reward is necessary.