URGENT: How do you distribute a Java program??

I've made a small program using Java and it turned out to work perfectly fine, but now I am wondering how to package it so that anyone can just double-click something and have it run. I tried packaging it into a Jar file, but nothing seems to work (i.e. I get some manifest error) I've looked at tutorials online and I've also used the Jar packager tool that is a part of the JCreator IDE.
I was also thinking about writing a dos batch file to have the program run from the command line; would that work as well??
What is the easiest /nicest way to have a Java program packaged?(Sun should really add a java/.class to *.exe converter in a future JDK...)

So many research-challenged people, and so little time.
Google for "Java EXE"
And no, Sun should NOT provide EXE output. EXEcutables are for a specific platform. Bytecode (.class files) are for platform independence, so that you CAN distribute the bytecode to run on any platform (any platform with a Java runtime, that is).

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