Running or emulating Windows app in a browser

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Hi CPs,

I was wondering if we can run a Windows app in a browser (ex:Chrome). Lets say VLC media player that is locally installed (All the files are locally installed) and use a browser to run the app inside a browser tab.

Thanks in advance.

Posted 8-Aug-15 5:30am

Ashwin2013

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2015-08-08T05:59:00

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WHY??

Running inside a browser is not the best choice as the browser environment is very strictly sandboxed for security reasons. You don't get access to a lot of the system, such as the file system, user documents, registry, and many other things.

Posted 8-Aug-15 5:59am

Dave Kreskowiak

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-Aug-15 21:40pm

5ed, but the real answer would be: running of a Windows application is strictly impossible, and "emulation" makes no sense and is something not really defined.
—SA