java – Desktop. Open() failed to silence on some jres

I'm trying to open a local HTML file on windows using the desktop class However, it only applies to some specific jres, not to others

try {
    if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {
        Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
        if (desktop.isSupported(Desktop.Action.OPEN)) {
            desktop.open(new File("test.html"));
        } else {
            throw new Exception("OPEN action not supported");
        }
    } else {
        throw new Exception("Desktop not supported");
    }
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

If it doesn't work, no exception is thrown and no text is printed in stderr

It applies to:

> JRE 1.6. 0_ 14 (32-bit) > JRE 1.7 0_ 05 (32-bit) > JRE 1.7 0_ 45 (64 bit) > JRE 1.7 0_ 51 (64 bit)

It does not apply to:

> JRE 1.6. 0_ 26 (64 bit) > JRE 1.6 0_ 37 (64 bit) > JRE 1.7 0_ 02 (64 bit) > JRE 1.7 0_ 21 (64 bit) edit: but applicable to CentOS

All tests are carried out on the same win7 64 bit box

Edit: the same problem occurred when trying to open a "TXT" or "PDF" file

thank you.

Solution

This problem has existed for some time, and some solutions have been recorded in at this blog

I have used the following code, which is reliable on every windows machine I use, regardless of JRE Sorry, I don't know all the jres I've tested

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + path);