The JRE is a runtime for running arbitrary code, it's the whole purpose of it. If you can put something at the start of a JAR, you can put whatever you want in

The JRE is a runtime for running arbitrary code, it's the whole purpose of it. If you can put something at the start of a JAR, you can put whatever you want in the JAR. Meanwhile, Windows knows that this will be run by the JRE, because when you open it from the explorer, it is associated with the JRE while the part that validates the file considers it an MSI. Windows is basically completely responsible for this: Windows validates the MSI, windows knows what an MSI is, Windows knows it will be run by the JRE and validates it just as an MSI instead.