Opening a non-default browser in Java

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So I understand that using the method:

Desktop.getDesktop().browse(URI.create("http://www.stackoverflow.com/"));

I can open a webpage with my default browser, but is there a way I can specify a path to a non-default browser and open a url with that one? ie. my default is Chrome, but I want to open in Mozilla Firefox.

David · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-10 11:31:04Z

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You need to use Runtime.exec(). Mkyong has a good example for you.

answered Feb 10, 2015 at 11:31

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Toza Over a year ago

Hmm yeah, I've read up a little on the documentation. I see you can specify the "entry point". Thanks for the quick answer!

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