Why Java programs use .bat file as program launcher?

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Published on 2010-05-15T15:07:48Z Indexed on 2010/05/15 15:14 UTC
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Hi,

I found that a lot of Java programs in Windows use .bat batch file as program launcher. It looks weird if compared with other programs which use .exe executable file.

Why can't those Java programs use .exe file? Is that a limitation of Java program?

Thanks.

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