javaws.exe seems to hang
Hi,
I've run across a Windows 7 system where javaws.exe seems to hang or something. When we double-click a jnlp file, or launch javaws.exe from the command line, the splash screen never appears. TaskManager shows the javaws.exe process and it will stay there until we kill it.
Running javaws -help from the command line shows the usage dialog on the affected system. It appears to be the expected version and runs, it just does not launch JNLP files to the point where a Java console would appear. Stand-alone java apps (eg "executable jar" work fine.) Applets also work and do show the Java console.
I've searched the bug reports but nothing seemed to fit the symptoms.
I just ran across the lopica suggestion to turn off the splash screen tonight and have suggested that to the affected user, but when I was troubleshooting I did not see a firewall that was blocking things, and I haven't seen an "allow java to listen to inbound connections" message running normal web start apps on Vista or 7 machines in the past, so I'm not sure that suggestion is even relevant.
http://lopica.sourceforge.net/faq.html#turn-off-splash
What else might be causing this symptom?
How else can I get some feedback on what is wrong? The -verbose option doesn't add any extra output to the console.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Jacob