# Can Processing be used to create native Windows app?

**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/can-processing-be-used-to-create-native-windows-app/2526
**Category:** Project Guidance
**Created:** [August 10, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/can-processing-be-used-to-create-native-windows-app/2526 "2018-08-10T10:15:12Z")
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### Author: ![alexanoin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@alexanoin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/alexanoin)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/can-processing-be-used-to-create-native-windows-app/2526/1 "2018-08-10T10:15:12Z")

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Interested in learning processing. Just curious if Processing would be used to make native Windows app like C /C++? Currently work on a password recovery project and need to choose a language to get started.

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### Author: ![tony](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/tony/32/949_2.png) [@tony](https://discourse.processing.org/u/tony)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/can-processing-be-used-to-create-native-windows-app/2526/2 "2018-08-10T13:12:36Z")

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Could you expand on the needs of your project?

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### Author: ![alexanoin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@alexanoin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/alexanoin)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/can-processing-be-used-to-create-native-windows-app/2526/3 "2018-08-13T01:45:02Z")

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> [@tony](#):
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> Could you expand on the needs of your project?

Want to create a password reset tool ([sample](https://www.passmoz.com/best-windows-password-recovery-tool.html)) for Windows machine by accessing the SAM database.

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### Author: ![lqdev](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/lqdev/32/29_2.png) [@lqdev](https://discourse.processing.org/u/lqdev)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2018, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/can-processing-be-used-to-create-native-windows-app/2526/4 "2018-08-13T09:56:03Z")

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Processing is just simplified Java, I never did any system file manipulation with it but I think it should be sufficient. And yes, with Processing you are able to export an EXE package, however, if you want a self-contained EXE (bundled with all libraries) you will need to use an IDE with a custom Ant script or something like this. Under the hood Processing uses launch4j which allows you to wrap a JAR application to an EXE. I guess this is what you’re looking for?