diff -r 8b2c10cee766 glass-mat/src/com/sun/glass/ui/win/WinApplication.java
--- a/glass-mat/src/com/sun/glass/ui/win/WinApplication.java	Tue Aug 09 10:06:00 2011 -0400
+++ b/glass-mat/src/com/sun/glass/ui/win/WinApplication.java	Thu Aug 18 12:27:14 2011 -0400
@@ -40,7 +40,27 @@
     private native void _terminateLoop();
 
     @Override protected void runLoop(final String args[], final Launchable launchable) {
-        final Thread toolkitThread =
+		long threadId = AccessController
+				.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Long>() {
+					public Long run() {
+						Long result = Long.getLong("javafx.eventLoop.threadId");
+						return result == null ? 0 : result.longValue();
+					}
+				});
+		if (threadId != 0) {
+			String id = String.valueOf(threadId);
+			Thread[] threads = new Thread[Thread.activeCount()];
+			int numThreads = Thread.enumerate(threads);
+			for (int i = 0; i < numThreads; i++) {
+				if (id.equals(String.valueOf(threads[i].getId()))) {
+					_init();
+					setEventThread(threads[i]);
+					launchable.finishLaunching(args);
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+    	final Thread toolkitThread =
             AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Thread>() {
                 public Thread run() {
                     Thread th = new Thread(new Runnable() {