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On 09/02/16 15:00, Silvio wrote:
> No, it does not work at all. It is not a security prompt but a plain "save file as" dialog I get with any content type
> my browser does not understand. Apart from a saved jnlp file there is nothing I can do from there. Never any mention of
> running a Java application.

That just means that your browser is not configured correctly. Configure it to handle jnlp with Java Web Start.
If it can't be configured to do that then it's the browser which is broken, not JWS. Some are broken deliberately.

Failing that, just run javaws with the correct URI. There's no need for a browser at all.