# Launching Designer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launching-designer/7535>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 7, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launching-designer/7535 "2013-11-07T18:29:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![fivecents](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@fivecents](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/fivecents)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launching-designer/7535/1 "2013-11-07T18:29:30Z")

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When launching designer IE opens with the following:

\<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?\>

- - Ignition Designer Inductive Automation - - -

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**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launching-designer/7535/2 "2013-11-07T22:35:28Z")

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Looks like the file association for JNLP files is wrong on your computer, so it thinks the file should be opened with IE instead of JWS (Java web start).