Launching java program via windows right click

I've written a Java Applicaton to display some data files we get from our cash registers. The app is stored in a jar file, with a manifest file. Double-clicking the jar file runs the program. Then we can select open from the file menu adn open our data files.
What I would like to add is the ability to right-click a data file in Windows, have the Java app appear in the Open With... menu in the popup menu, and then have windows launch the jar file.
I understand I would have to change the program to accept a parameter, and I know how to do that from the command line.
Is it possible to add a jar file to the popup menu in windows, and pass the path of the file into the main class in the jar file?
I did some Google searches this morning but couldn't find anything.
Thanks
Bill

Well purely speaking no. But then you can do most anything you like if you are clever with C++ and JNI.

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