Not able to open windows application With Java Runtime .exec class

Question

Hi,
We have created a folder with mkdir() function. The folder has some
text and doc files and i want to open them using java runtime API.
I am unable to open the files using the syntax
try {
Process p=Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /c \ "" + file.getPath());
p.exitValue();
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
This code works perfectly for folders created directly in Win XP without using
mkdir.
Also the return values of of class Process is 1 which we understood as illegal thread state. But I still havent got a clue how to fix it.
Appreciate quick feedback :) Thanks ;)

Answer 1

First off you're missing a quote (add '+ "\"" after file.getPath()). But the larger problem is that this will attempt to execute these files and they aren't directly executable (you said they're text and document files). Do you really want to execute them?
If you just want to read them then something like
BufferedReader ir = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file))
would be more appropriate.