A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
Java WebStart applications running on a 32 bit JRE will fail to launch silently if the JVM cannot acquire a sufficient sized contiguous block of memory.

This behavior confuses users of WebStart applications. It would be better if an error message was displayed, suggesting the user try to launch the application with a smaller heap.

JUSTIFICATION :
This behavior confuses users. There is no indication why the WebStart application has failed to launch, and they have no clues for troubleshooting.

An error message would alert the user that they need to try to reduce the heap allocated.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
A pop up error message suggesting the user try to launch with less memory.
ACTUAL -
Silent failure.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Reduce the amount of memory allocated in heap to the application.