Opening JNLP File in Java 6 JRE instead of JRE 7

Question

I have Java 6-based Java Web Start application that I need to open on a Windows machine. The machine has JRE 7 installed, with JRE 6 copied manually to the Program Fil

Answer 1

I would advise also adding the -verbose flag. e.g. javaws.exe -verbose http....

In my case, I was still invoking some java1.8 arguments (see screenshot), so I had to also disable Java 8 in the Java control panel.