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If you are running windows the much easier way is this batch command. This way it requires no modification of your Java code. It should stop all JARs running. You could run it in command prompt or run it in a .BAT file.<br />

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If you are running windows the much easier way is this batch command. This way it requires no modification of your Java code. It should stop all JARs running. You could run it in command prompt or run it in a .BAT file.


taskkill /F /IM java.exe


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taskkill /F /IM java.exe will kill any JVM. You cannot be sure that you won't kill another application in addition to yours.<br />
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taskkill /F /IM java.exe will kill any JVM. You cannot be sure that you won't kill another application in addition to yours.



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That is true, the solution using taskkill arbitrarily kills all Java VMs. This could create problems if you are also running java based programs such as Netbeans. For this reason this is not an elegant but a easy solution.
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That is true, the solution using taskkill arbitrarily kills all Java VMs. This could create problems if you are also running java based programs such as Netbeans. For this reason this is not an elegant but a easy solution.

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Superb way to control start and stop of an application. You can write a generic ClientApplication to stop whatever jar you want.
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Superb way to control start and stop of an application. You can write a generic ClientApplication to stop whatever jar you want.

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Is it possible to stop the execution of a .jar file using e.g. a .bat-file? If so, how can this be done? <br />
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If not, what is the appropriate way to stop the execution? I could use system.exit(), but how can I call this from an external procedure or pass arguments to a running java application?
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Is it possible to stop the execution of a .jar file using e.g. a .bat-file? If so, how can this be done? 

If not, what is the appropriate way to stop the execution? I could use system.exit(), but how can I call this from an external procedure or pass arguments to a running java application?

Stop execution of jar

Java is a platform-independent, object-oriented programming language and run-time environment, designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible such that developers can write one set of code across all platforms using libraries. Most devices will not run Java natively, and require a run-time component to be installed in order to execute a Java program.