Based on the following it would appear that -XstartOnFirstThread may not
be "permitted" as an argument in this fashion...
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8078230
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/javaws/developersguide/syntax.html
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