diff --git a/page-object/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/pageobject/App.java b/page-object/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/pageobject/App.java
index a0eda082f726..214858cdcb53 100644
--- a/page-object/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/pageobject/App.java
+++ b/page-object/src/main/java/com/iluwatar/pageobject/App.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
       } else {
         // Java Desktop not supported - above unlikely to work for Windows so try the
         // following instead...
-        Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd.exe start " + applicationFile);
+        new ProcessBuilder("cmd.exe", "/c", "start", "", applicationFile.getAbsolutePath()).start();
       }
 
     } catch (IOException ex) {