# Launch Client From a URL Without Running the .jnlp File in Chrome **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [June 28, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-client-from-a-url-without-running-the-jnlp-file-in-chrome/18663 "2018-06-28T21:38:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ddurant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@ddurant](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ddurant)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-client-from-a-url-without-running-the-jnlp-file-in-chrome/18663/1 "2018-06-28T21:38:50Z")
Is there a way to setup remote clients in Chrome so they can just use a URL to launch a client without downloading the .jnlp file? This is going to confuse many of my less technical users. It works that way in IE but that’s not my browser of choice. Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-client-from-a-url-without-running-the-jnlp-file-in-chrome/18663/2 "2018-06-28T21:43:58Z")
You should probably start thinking about switching to Native Client Launchers instead. Web Start is effectively dead, and this soon won't work at all. > [@Java Web Start - Associate with JNLP files](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-web-start-associate-with-jnlp-files/17873): > > Hello Everyone, I am running Ignition in the Cloud, and I have many remote users who connect to many different projects. I am having problems with the javaws.exe file not being associated to automatically open .JNLP files. When I get in and do this manually, it always seems to work fine, but it’s just not feasible for me to do that on even 20% of client PCs. Has anyone written a bat file or script that will tell windows to associate .jnlp files with javaws.exe? Any other suggestions? Thank… > [@Ignition + (OpenJDK vs OracleJDK vs AzulJDK)?](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-openjdk-vs-oraclejdk-vs-azuljdk/17802/8): > > I understand that installation of Java isn’t required to launch a Perspective client, but what about a Vision client or a Designer session? Java Web Start is deprecated since Java 9 and unsupported by OpenJDK. Will users be refered to native client launchers from now on? > **[The Real Deal About Java and the Future of Ignition](https://inductiveautomation.com/blog/the-real-deal-about-java-and-the-future-ignition)** > > Oracle will soon make sweeping changes to the Java roadmap by removing Java Web Start and ending support for older versions of Java. While this may cause some concerns, we have a migration path that will ease the transition. ---
**Author:** ![ddurant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@ddurant](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ddurant)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-client-from-a-url-without-running-the-jnlp-file-in-chrome/18663/3 "2018-06-28T22:03:01Z")
I will do that. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-client-from-a-url-without-running-the-jnlp-file-in-chrome/18663/4 "2018-06-28T22:12:12Z")
There’s a lot of info in those posts, but a quick summary would be for now stick with Oracle Java 8 and NCLs. Soon, we’ll release revamped NCLs and iron out any wrinkles with using OpenJDK, and then you’ll be able to switch to that instead of paying ransom to Oracle for support.