# Export sketch to jar
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-sketch-to-jar/8147
**Category:** Processing
**Created:** [February 6, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-sketch-to-jar/8147 "2019-02-06T02:50:30Z")
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### Author:  [@Quillbert1](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Quillbert1)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-sketch-to-jar/8147/1 "2019-02-06T02:50:30Z")
Is it possible to export a processing sketch as a jar, or to turn the exported files into an executable jar? I tried following the instructions here [https://forum.processing.org/one/topic/getting-processing-to-export-as-a-executable-jar#25080000001605035.html](https://forum.processing.org/one/topic/getting-processing-to-export-as-a-executable-jar#25080000001605035.html), but when I tried to open the jar, it said the file was corrupt.
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### Author:  [@lqdev](https://discourse.processing.org/u/lqdev)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-sketch-to-jar/8147/2 "2019-02-06T10:47:57Z")
You can still use `Export Application` and export it for any single platform. I haven’t used Processing for a while, but from my Java knowledge I can tell that if you unpack all the files from the JARs in the `application.(platform)/lib` folder into a single directory, and then pack all those files into a JAR file, the end result is likely to work like that. I never peeked into a Processing-generated JAR, so I’m not sure if it contains the `META-INF/MANIFEST.MF` file, which is required to run your application using a double-click (or `java -jar` from the CLI).
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### Author:  [@Quillbert1](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Quillbert1)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-sketch-to-jar/8147/3 "2019-02-06T14:29:56Z")
I try that, and I get this error:
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### Author:  [@lqdev](https://discourse.processing.org/u/lqdev)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-sketch-to-jar/8147/4 "2019-02-06T22:14:46Z")
What’s the folder structure of your final JAR file?
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### Author:  [@Quillbert1](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Quillbert1)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/export-sketch-to-jar/8147/5 "2019-02-07T00:30:14Z")
When I was opening the jar to check, I found the issue. I compressed the entire folder, so the jar contained a folder with all of the files inside, instead of just the files. Thanks for your help!