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Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default

From	Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default
Date	2012-07-21 00:55 +1000
Message-ID	<ejqi08dqgmucr16mputrt5kco7fkqbg1gg@4ax.com> (permalink)

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I have an application that uses the JDBC-ODBC driver that worked in
the (Netbeans) IDE but failed to find the (Access) database when using
the default file association under Windows 7. In the hope of getting
some more information I ran the application in a command line window
using javaw and it worked.

In summary, clicking on a shortcut to "C:\src\myapp\dist\myapp.jar"
file in Windows 7 failed because it did not find my database although
it invoked myapp. Clicking on a shortcut to
"C:\Windows\System32\javaw.exe -jar C:\src\myapp\dist\myapp.jar"
works. Can someone explain why?

In case it is relevant, I did try the jar file's directory and the
database directory for the "Start in:" directory.

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Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2012-07-21 00:55 +1000
  Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-07-20 10:52 -0700
    Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-07-20 21:20 -0700
      Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default David <usenet1@profectus.com.au> - 2012-07-22 02:16 +1000
        Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-07-21 16:11 -0700
    Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2012-07-22 02:11 +1000
      Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2012-07-21 16:50 +0000
        Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2012-07-21 19:58 +0200
      Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2012-07-21 19:56 +0200
      Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-07-21 23:36 -0700
      Re: Execution using javaw differs from Windows 7 default Gordon Levi <gordon@address.invalid> - 2012-07-23 01:01 +1000

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