Failure to launch problem trying to run any .jnlp

Question

Hello everyone,
I have been trying to run a program to help me study for my medical board exams and it uses java web start. I have tried to run the demo program off of the java website as well and I keep getting the same error.
Unable to Launch download error
An error occurred while launching/running the application.
Title: Draw 4 App
Vendor: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Category: Download Error
Unable to load resource: http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/apps/draw.jnlp
Launch File
?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
# @(#)draw.jnlp     1.6 02/09/11
# JNLP File for Draw Demo Application
-->
<jnlp spec="0.2 1.0"
codebase="http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/apps"
href="draw.jnlp">
<information>
<title>Draw 4 App</title>
<vendor>Sun Microsystems, Inc.</vendor>
<homepage href="http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/demos.html"/>
<description>A minimalist drawing application along the lines of Illustrator</description>
<description kind="short">Draw Demo Short Description</description>
<icon href="images/draw.jpg"/>
<offline-allowed/>
</information>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.3+" href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se"/>
<j2se version="1.3+"/>
<jar href="draw.jar" main="true" download="eager"/>
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="Draw"/>
</jnlp>
Exception
JNLPException[category: Download Error : Exception: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect : LaunchDesc: null ]
     at com.sun.javaws.cache.DownloadProtocol.doDownload(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.cache.DownloadProtocol.isLaunchFileUpdateAvailable(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.getUpdatedLaunchDesc(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.downloadResources(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.handleApplicationDesc(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.handleLaunchFile(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Wrapped Exception
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
     at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)
     at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
     at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
     at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source)
     at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)
     at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)
     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source)
     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)
     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.net.BasicNetworkLayer.doRequest(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.net.BasicNetworkLayer.doHeadRequest(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.cache.DownloadProtocol.doDownload(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.cache.DownloadProtocol.isLaunchFileUpdateAvailable(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.LaunchDownload.getUpdatedLaunchDesc(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.downloadResources(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.handleApplicationDesc(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.handleLaunchFile(Unknown Source)
     at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Sorry I didn't know exactly what info was needed to help with my problem so I just included everything it gave me. I have tried disabling my symantec antivirus, windows firewall and defender, but have had no success. Any help would be tremendously appreciated.
Thanks,
Cory Maughan

Answer 1

sounds like it is not getting the proxyie information correctly.
open the java console network settings tab and check what proxies are being used.
/Andy