Java 8 Update 77 and desktop shortcut for Smart Client
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 5:10 pm
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.
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.