# Jnlp file

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jnlp-file/5935>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 27, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jnlp-file/5935 "2013-02-27T21:35:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![cja7928](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@cja7928](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cja7928)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jnlp-file/5935/1 "2013-02-27T21:35:09Z")

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this is probably a really dumb question but I just installed ignition on a different computer and when I hit launch for the project it opens the project and puts a shortcut on my desktop but no jnlp file. On the previous machine/version I was working on when I launched a project a shortcut and the jnlp file were put on the desktop, then I could email the jnlp file wherever and open my project from any computer on the network… I must be missing something simple - can someone point me in the right direction to generate the launch file?

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**Author:** ![greg.simpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/greg.simpson/32/3135_2.png) [@greg.simpson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.simpson)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jnlp-file/5935/2 "2013-02-27T22:23:59Z")

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If this is on a Windows computer, check your downloads folder and see if the JNLP file was downloaded to that location.

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**Author:** ![cja7928](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@cja7928](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cja7928)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jnlp-file/5935/3 "2013-02-28T00:07:49Z")

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no not there - it is a windows 7 computer. I wonder if there is some windows setting preventing it from downloading?

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jnlp-file/5935/4 "2013-02-28T01:39:26Z")

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It is most likely in a temp folder in Windows. You can search your C drive for any \*.jnlp files to see where they are.

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**Author:** ![cja7928](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@cja7928](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cja7928)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jnlp-file/5935/5 "2013-02-28T03:11:37Z")

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I tried the search earlier and its not finding any… I tried firefox and it works fine - something in IE8 is directly opening and running the file but not downloading or giving the option to download. I’ll have to start digging through IE settings…

thx