Desktop.open(File file) has the following syntax.
public void open(File file) throws IOException
In the following code shows how to use Desktop.open(File file) method.
// www . java 2s .c om import java.awt.Desktop; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static void main(String[] a) { try { Desktop desktop = null; if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) { desktop = Desktop.getDesktop(); } desktop.open(new File("c:\\a.txt")); } catch (IOException ioe) { ioe.printStackTrace(); } } }