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4. | #### Launching WebStart from Netscape 7.1 / Mozilla 1.4 These instructions configure Netscape 7.1 and Mozilla 1.4 to launch WebStart. Since both browsers are based on the Mozilla/5.0 engine, the configuration procedures are identical . System Prerequisite: Java Development Kit (JDK) must be installed. Create the "Helper Application" association between Java WebStart and Netscape/Mozilla: In Netscape/Mozilla, select Edit/Preferences. Expand the Navigator menu on the left of the pop-up window and select Helper Applications. Select New Type. In the "New Type" window, enter the following information:
       MIME Type:   application/x-java-jnlp-file
       Description: WebStart
       Extension:   jnlp
Click the "Open it with" button and select "Choose..." In the "Choose Application Helper" pane, navigate to the `javaws` file (usually located in the `$JAVAHOME/jre/javaws` directory with Oracle Java 8), and click "Open." NOTE: IcedTea-Web also has open source versions of `javaws` for Java 8 and 11. Click "Ok" twice to close the "New Type" and "Helper Application" windows. Restart the browser.