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Desktop Shortcuts with Java 1.6
Issue 20061231
Issue
If
you have deployed a Foundation application using Framework 2.1 and have
created a desktop short cut from java webstart then the desktop short
cuts will no longer work if Java 1.6 is installed.
Reason
Foundation applications built with Framework 2.1 still require java 1.5 in order for them to run. But if you have Java 1.6 installed desktop shortcuts will use 1.6 be default, causing a runtime exception.
Workaround
Currently there is no way to use the desktop shortcut, but if you open javaws from within the original Java 1.5 bin directory and run the application from there it will load java 1.5 and the application will run correctly.
