Cisco ASDM-IDM Launcher: Stuck on “Contacting the device. Please wait…”

I recently ran into an issue on Windows 7 64-bit where ADSM-ISM Launcher failed to connect to my ASAs. Launching the application from a shortcut, and attempting to connect resulted in the launcher halting on “Contacting the device. Please wait…”. And waiting didn’t help. Opening the java console revealed another error which didn’t get me [...]