#Moneydance file extension .exe#
#Moneydance file extension install#
#Moneydance file extension archive#

** Edit the above Launcher and add JAVA -JAR in front of the file address. ** Right-Click Desktop and create Launcher, name it and browse to the Moneydance.jar file. ** Shift-Cntl Drag to the Desktop - Works, get Icon titled 'Link to Moneydance.jar' and this works just fine, this is the one I've been trying to rename. ** Right-Click and choose Make Link - Failed - Operation not permitted. ** Double click on Moneydancejar in Nautilus - All OK So I ignore the downloaded version and go back to my thumbdrive. I try Run in Terminal - a quick blink of a terminal window, but nothing! Double click the downloaded Moneydance.jar - Success, moneydance runs. When I double click on that file I get a pop-up asking me whether to Run In Terminal/Display/Cancel/Run. Its identical except for that one file which when browsed appears to be some ungodly script designed to find a usable JAVA version to run with.

#Moneydance file extension install#

So I downloaded the Linux install and unzipped it. My Moneydance directory has no Moneydance file without an extension. I now have an Ubuntu partition on my desktop which I hope will slowly displace and take over from Vista. I have Moneydance and all my data files for it stored in a directory on a thumbdrive so I can use it on my Desktop, my laptop, or my wife's laptop. But WE're talking LINKS / Shortcuts / whatever. its really pushing back.Īs for Windows EXE on the desktop etc. See how superior windows is then.ġst - to The Cog: I'm really not trying to be negative here, I WANT Ubuntu to do it for me, but.

#Moneydance file extension .exe#

exe file to your desktop in windows and renaming it then running it. Java -jar /home/kestrel1/moneydance/moneydance.jarĪnd once you have that command working, paste it into a launcher config.Īnd before sounding off so much, try dragging a. If the file Kestrel1 pointed out doesn't work for you for some reason, try launching it from a command prompt with something like You should have no problem getting a launcher to work.

#Moneydance file extension archive#

So if the name doesn't say it's a jar file, then it looks like a zip archive and will likeky be opened with whatever program is set up to open zip files. *nix can often work out what to do with a file based on the file contents rather than the name, but in the case of jar files, they are in fact just zip archives full of class files. The fact that it links to another directory entry somewhere else is pretty-much irrelevant, and the name of the target file is irrelevant. As far as applications are concerned, the name of the symlink is the name of the file.

jar extension is needed, this is a question of understanding how symlinks work.