Execute a Windows Shortcut (.lnk)Tag(s): IO
A Shortcut is stored in a file with the extension lnk.
// we assume that the .lnk is in the current directory String currentDir = new File(".").getCanonicalPath(); try { Runtime.getRuntime().exec ("cmd /c start " + currentDir + "/viewLog.lnk"); } catch (Exception e){ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog (null, e.getMessage(),"Oups", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); }