Launching Internet Explorer

I am trying to launch internet explorer from a java program using -
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("c:\path for IE.exe")
This works OK if I enter the correct path in the above statement as a string literal.
However the program generates a html file that I wish to view with IE.
So in my program code I have something like -
String fileName = file.getName()
Runtime.getRuntime().exec(fileName)
Unfortuneately IE will not launch with this code - does anyone know why ?
Regards
Scott

replace filename with ---> cmd.exe /c start iexplore
filename <---in the runtime method call....I have tried this but no joy. I am unsure how to format the command in the runtime method call and this is probably why its not working.
Do I need to do something like ("cmd.exe /c start iexplore" + fileName)

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