Reading/Parsing an EXE file with Java

Hey guys,
Is there a way (in Java) to parse an EXE file and get its version, description, etc? (mostly the information in the VERSION tab inside the file properties window).
Thanks.

I can't find a thing about that. :(
Perhaps I'll tell you what I need that for:
I got tired of rearranging my start menu and drag-n-droppin' every time I install a new program, so I wanted to create an application that scans a folder of my choice (i.e. c:/progra~1) and creates a folder in the start menu with shortcuts to all of the EXEs in the folder and in its subfolders, arranged by application name (some applications have more than one EXE, including uninstall or update programs) and usage (that I'll do at the end, basing on rules and lists I'll create from DOWNLOAD.COM, for instance). I've done everything but the usage types filtering (putting it into folders: "system", "media", "internet", etc).
So my problem was, that the shortcuts' names are ugly most of the times, and I can't tell the full name of an application just from its filename. For example, Google Earth's main EXE is "googleearth.exe". A shortcut that says "Googleearth" isn't so nice to look at. also, with this kind of name you can know what it does, but what about other filenames that don't exactly say what that file does?
I needed a way to get the -true- name of the application file, and the only way I see is through the properties, in the "Description" field under "Version".
But alas, that's not so simple :P
I thought about simply getting the name from the folder the EXE's in, but then there are more than one EXE per folder.
Any other suggestions will be great.
Thanks again, guys.

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