HOW TO CREATE DESKTOP SHORTCUT TO OPEN JAVA 1. RIGHT MOUSE CLICK ON THE DESKTOP AND SELECT NEW - SHORTCUT ( A NEW PAGE WILL APPEAR ) 2. BROWSE TO LOCATE THE JAVA.EXE FILE IN THE BIN DIRECTORY OF THE JDK FOLDER. 3. CLICK NEXT AFTER LOCATING THE JAVA.EXE FILE. 4. TYPE A SUITABLE NAME FOR YOUR SHORTCUT. HERE WE HAVE TYPED JAVA. 5. RIGHT MOUSE CLICK ON THE JAVA SHORTCUT ICON GO TO PROPERTIES WINDOW. 6. CHANGE THE TARGET CODE FROM C: \ J2SDK1.4.2_04\BIN\JAVA.EXE TO %windir%\system32\cmd.exe AND THE START IN CODE REMAINS UNCHANGED CLICK ON AND ENJOT USING JAVA IN SHORT CUT WAY.