Java - Desktop.getDesktop().browse(URI) is supported, but does not open document (a citrix problem?)

Question

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I have a problem that is shown in below code. It does not work on machine (windows 2008) that has CITRIX Xen App 6-. There is no error, just that browser does not get launched. On my desktop (a windows7 box), it works.

package trials;

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;


public class Launch {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        if (args.length < 1) {
            System.out.println("argument filepath expected");
            return;
        }

        final boolean browseSupported = Desktop.getDesktop().isSupported(Desktop.Action.BROWSE);
        if ( !browseSupported) {
            System.out.println("Browse not supported");
            return;
        }

        final String filename = args[0];
        final File file = new File(filename);
        if (file.exists()) {
            Desktop.getDesktop().browse(file.toURI());
        } else {
            System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist");
        }
    }
}

I tried to use "open" as suggested in following answers. It did not work. The problem is narrowed down to 64bit version of Java(Oracle 1.6.0_25)

Answer 1

To open a local file you have to use Desktop().open() not Desktop.browse()

Answer 2

Another easy possibility that I have tested on Windows XP:

org.eclipse.swt.program.Program.launch("file://" + filename);