Web Applet Fails to Launch using Java 7 Mac OS X 10.8 due to whitespace in path name

Question

I'm trying to launch a web applet (Cisco UCS Manager 2.1) on a Mac running OS X 10.8.4 and Java 7 Update 21. The UCS Manager applet runs another applet (a console, in this case) and that is what's failing. I have reported the bug, but I need a workaround if possible in the meantime.

The problem is that the JavaAppletPlugin is located in "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins" and the whitespace in the path is causing the issue. Is there a way to change the plugin path? Or just reassign it in Java and use symbolic links?

Answer 1

Try escaping the space with a backslash ie "/Library/Internet\\ Plug-Ins" . I know this works for .jnlp files, so it may work in this case as well.