How can I give my Java application a unique process name?

Question

I\'ve noticed that when I start Netbeans it shows up in the task manager as netbeans.exe as all my own Java applications show up as java.exe or

Answer 1

Netbeans and Eclipse both ship with an .exe file that in turns launches a JVM. The exe itaself probably does nothing after launching the VM. You see the NetBeans javaw.exe in the Task Manager also, I suspect.

So you'll need to write a native exe (using some windows tool) that does a similar thing.