Desktop.getDesktop().browse Hangs

Question

I\'m working on an application in which if a user clicks on a link, I want it to open in their default browser. From what I\'ve read, this should in theory work, however, when r

Answer 1

You are not alone. This is a bug that appears to happen in some versions of JDK 1.6 and 1.7. I haven't seen it occuring in JDK 1.8.

It can occur on Windows too and all you can do is either update the JVM or not use the Desktop class (which sucks).