I can confirm that /usr/share/applications/sun-java6.desktop has 'application/x-jar' in its list of MimeTypes.
I like Scott Ritchie's suggestion to use a loader that determines what to do. Maybe we could create one loader for .jar-archives, Windows applications and other similar file types. Should there be tasks opened for the other Java VMs as well? It would seem correct to me since we are moving away from Sun to OpenJDK, but I'm not sure. ** Package changed: nautilus (Ubuntu) => sun-java6 (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: sun-java6 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- Opening a Java Archive (.JAR) file executes it regardless of the "executable" permission bit https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/313439 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs