public static Process runCommandForApplication(String command) throws Exception {
            if (command == null || command.length() < 1) {
                return null;
            }
            if (isWindows()) {
                command = command.replace('/', '\\');
            } else {
                command = command.replace('\\', '/');
            }
            Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
            return proc;
        }

        public Process runCommand(Collection command) throws Exception {
            if (command == null || command.size() < 1) {
                return null;
            }
            String[] cmd = new String[command.size()];
            int iCmd = 0;
            for (Iterator<String> iter = command.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
                String commandPart = iter.next();
                ;
                if (isWindows()) {
                    commandPart = commandPart.replace('/', '\\');
                } else {
                    commandPart = commandPart.replace('\\', '/');
                }
                cmd[iCmd++] = commandPart;
            }
            Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
            return proc;
        }

    public class View extends JFrame {
        private static final int WINDOW_WIDTH = 600, WINDOW_HEIGHT = 500;
        private static final String FILE_BAT = "F:\\TEMP\\activemq-restart.bat.lnk";
    ...
    //в теле слушателя нажатия на кнопку
    Utils.runCommandForFile(FILE_BAT);
    ...
    }

    public static Process runCommandForFile(String command) throws Exception {
        if (command == null || command.trim().length() < 1) {
            return null;
        }
        command = command.trim();
        File file = new File(command);
        command = file.getAbsolutePath();
        String[] cmd = new String[3];
        String osName = System.getProperty("os.name");
        if (osName.startsWith("Windows 9") || osName.startsWith("Windows ME")) {
            cmd[0] = "command.com";
            cmd[1] = "/C";
            cmd[2] = command;
        } else if (osName.startsWith("Linux") || osName.startsWith("FreeBSD")) {
            cmd[0] = "/bin/sh";
            cmd[1] = "-c";
            cmd[2] = command;
            File shellFile = new File("mpo_shell.sh");
            if (shellFile.exists() && shellFile.canRead()) {
                cmd[1] = "mpo_shell.sh";
            }
        } else {
// default + Windows
            cmd[0] = "cmd.exe";
            cmd[1] = "/C";
            cmd[2] = command;
        }
        Process proc = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
        return proc;
    }