How to open a local HTML file in a new window in Edge? I tried the code below, but the HTML file opened in the same window in a different tab. I need to open the HTML file in a separate window. please do the needful

Process p = rt.exec("cmd.exe /C start \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe" C:\\MyView.html");
        

CodePudding user response：

ProcessBuilder is not a terminal emulator. You don't need cmd.exe. You can run msedge.exe directly.

I first searched Google for microsoft edge command line options which led me to:

Get list of Edge command line switches

and that led me to:

List of Chromium Command Line Switches

and that contained:

--new-window

So the minimal code required is:

ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft\\Edge\\Application\\msedge.exe",
                                       "--new-window",
                                       "C:\\MyView.html"); 
try {
    pb.start();
}
catch (IOException xIo) {
    xIo.printStackTrace();
}