when I use the command: Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url); I have the following problem: if netscape is my default browser and url is a file on my machine, Netscape will open the file, but will first give me the error, cannot open the shortcut url (whatever the file name is). Any ideas? Thanks in advance, and I really need an answer! IE works flawlessly with this stuff by the way, but I need Netscape to work as well. -- Julie B. _______________________________________________ Swing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/swing