# Building an AppImage from Windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.appimage.org/t/building-an-appimage-from-windows/2878>\
**Category:** Creating AppImages\
**Created:** [November 30, 2022, 8:59am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/building-an-appimage-from-windows/2878 "2022-11-30T08:59:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![lvr123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f19dbf/32.png) [@lvr123](https://discourse.appimage.org/u/lvr123)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 8:59am UTC](https://discourse.appimage.org/t/building-an-appimage-from-windows/2878/1 "2022-11-30T08:59:45Z")

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Hi,  
I have a Java Application for which I’d like to make an AppImage.  
I’m packaging that application with the [maven’s javapackager](https://github.com/fvarrui/JavaPackager) plugin targeting Linux, on a Windows workstation.  
For now, the output of that packaging is:  
The content of the tar.gz file is:

- a PNG file (provided by me - 128px/128px )
- a folder with all the .jar libs
- an executable file (bash shell)

I’d like to make an AppImage out of this in order to have the right `.desktop` file created.

Is there a way to build an AppIlmage from Windows ?

PS: I’m using Netbeans as IDE.