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Jmol on Windows
Jmol runs without problems on Windows 9x/XP machines using Sun's java virtual machines, both as Applet as well as Application.
Creating shortcuts to Jmol application
The details of creating a Windows shortcut and a Start menu entry are out of the scope of this wiki. What is given here are the specific details for Jmol.
Shortcut properties must be (under Shortcut tab):
- Target: the place where you have put Jmol files (usually when you uncompressed the distribution gz or zip file), including full pathname and filename and all between double quotes. Example:
"C:\Program files\Jmol\Jmol.jar"
- Start in: you can put your working folder, if you want; that will be the default location Jmol will show on "File > Open".
The same applies to entries in Windows Start menu, or Programs menu.
Associating molecular files (e.g. PDB) in hard disk with Jmol application
You can configure Windows Explorer (file manager) so that double-clicking on a pdb file (or right-clicking for options in the pop-up menu) will open it with Jmol application.
This is how to do it:
- Locate the application file,
Jmol.jar (you decided where to put it when you uncompressed the downloaded Jmol distribution file, jmol-10.xx.xx-binary.tar.gz or jmol-10.xx.xx-binary.zip). - Locate the file javaw.exe in the Java installation folder (usually it will be somewhere like C:\Program files\Java\bin\).
- Open windows explorer / file manager, open menu "Tools → Folder options", "File types" tab, and scroll to PDB (or any other extension that you want associated to Jmol, like MOL or XYZ). Select its entry.
- Click on "Advanced options" button and then either "Edit" the default "open" action or create a "New" action.
- In the textbox under "Action" you can type "open" or whatever you want it to be called in the pop-up menu; under "Application used" type (including the quotes and the final %1):
"put here the path and filename of javaw.exe" -jar "put here the path and filename of Jmol.jar" "%1"
For example:
"C:\Program files\Java\bin\javaw.exe" -jar "C:\Program files\Jmol\Jmol.jar" "%1"
