We have users where the desktop shortcut for the smart client did not work again after an update to Java 8 Update 77.
Deleting the Java cache which normally helps in such cases did not work either.
And a new shortcut was not created any more.
(1) Did anybody have a similar problems and found a solution for this?
In the created Servoy desktop shortcut for the jnlp, you can find a link like this:
"C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_65\bin\javaws.exe" -localfile -J-Djnlp.application.href=http://deXYZ.net:8080/servoy-client/bob.jnlp "C:\Users\bkorthaus\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\45\228363ed-538ee399"
(2) Is it save and wise to take away the full path to javaws.exe, so that an update will have no effects on the shortcut?
I thought it might be less save, as some virus programs could name themselves as javaws.exe.
With the full path, you really always know which javaws.exe gets called.