how to change the name of a Java application process?

Question

When executing a Java application the process name given to it is usually java.exe or javaw.exe. But how can I make it be called by the name of my

Answer 1

Assuming that what you are really after is a way to terminate the correct the correct process later on, then an alternative solution is this:

Run ps -ef | grep java and you should get a listing that looks something like this:

 mruser    7518  7505  4 11:37 pts/3    00:00:00 /usr/bin/java -classpath MRD3030_Linked.jar peralex.MyApp

Then pkill -f peralex.MyApp will kill the correct process.