Up until recently, I was able to launch/open JNLP files in Firefox using Java web start.
Don\'t know what happened all of a sudden JNL
Same solution worked as suggested by hpereira
The issue was due to JRE version was 32 bit and not 64 Bit
Check with java -version to see if your Java is 64 bit
C:\>java -version
java version "1.8.0_192"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_192-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) **64-Bit Server** VM (build 25.192-b12, mixed mode)