SunOS mehta 5.7 Generic_106541-15 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
Windows2000 prof

Steps to reproduce:
- start java web start Application Manager
- download any remote application (Notepad)
- click on View/Downloaded Applications
- go File/Preference/General
- click None for Proxies
- exit Application Manager
- try to start again
"Java Web Start - UnexpectedError" window coming with "Unable to launch Java Web Start Application Manager" message

Exception:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.text.StringCharacterIterator.<init>(StringCharacterIterator.java:58)
at java.text.StringCharacterIterator.<init>(StringCharacterIterator.java:47)
at java.awt.Font.canDisplayUpTo(Font.java:1262)
at com.sun.javawsplayer.Player.updateUI(Player.java:1995)
at com.sun.javawsplayer.Player.setCurrentManager(Player.java:1941)
at com.sun.javawsplayer.Player.updateEntryManager(Player.java:1868)
at com.sun.javawsplayer.Player.setSelectedManagerIndex(Player.java:2112)
at com.sun.javawsplayer.Player.<init>(Player.java:308)
at com.sun.javawsplayer.Player.main(Player.java:206)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeApplication(Launcher.java:792)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.executeMainClass(Launcher.java:754)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.continueLaunch(Launcher.java:639)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.handleApplicationDesc(Launcher.java:367)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.handleLaunchFile(Launcher.java:179)
at com.sun.javaws.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:147)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)