Now, I use activex for running .exe files via browser(IE). But Microsoft have finished support this legacy technology. It's not working in the edge browser. What alternative solutions exists?

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Now, I use ActiveX for running .exe files via browser(IE). But Microsoft have finished support this legacy technology. Its not working in the Edge browser. What alternative solutions exists?

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I have checked Microsoft edge document but I didnt get any idea. What are alternative solutions.

Posted 18-Aug-16 1:47am

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Updated 18-Aug-16 2:41am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2016-08-18T01:56:00

Solution 1

None.
ActiveX was a security nightmare, and was rightly abandoned. IE was the only browser to implement it, and even then it was disabled by default very quickly after it showed so many weaknesses that could be used by malicious sites that users stopped trusting it.

Posted 18-Aug-16 1:56am

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leekru 18-Aug-16 8:10am

What are alternative solutions to resolve this.

OriginalGriff 18-Aug-16 8:20am

There aren't, thankfully.
ActiveX was *dangerous* - it let sites execute programs on your PC without you knowing. When you think about the rise of Ransomware in an environment when users have to run it themselves, do you *really* want a random website (or a hacked trusted site) to be able to do this to your computer?

leekru 19-Aug-16 0:15am

Thank you.

Actually I am planning to write browser extensions for edge browser. My browser wants send some information to .exe and .exe will return some information.
Edge doesn't support Active X. How will I resolve this. Tell me approach.

Patrice T · Answer 2 · 2016-08-18T02:00:00

Solution 2

This technology is terminated because it is dangerous.
For security reasons, you can consider that no web page can make changes on the client side other than changing files that are reserved for itself.
The only alternative is not to use a browser and have an app installed by user, which wouldn't be a problem if legitimate.

Posted 18-Aug-16 2:00am

Patrice T

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leekru 18-Aug-16 8:10am

What are alternative solutions to resolve this.

AnvilRanger · Answer 3 · 2016-08-18T02:41:00

As others have said ActiveX is dead and will hopefully soon disappear along with Adobe Flash. If you update you question with what you system actually does or what you are trying to accomplish we might be able to help you better.

You have to think about the Internet and today's world. The Active X framework was released 20 years ago during the infancy of the web. Things change and paradigms shift. In 1996 nothing was connected like it is today. My watch has a more powerful processor than my PC in 1996. With everything connected today like it is security is a huge concern. The idea of frameworks like Active X are out dated.

You have a couple of choices. The first is to look at what your system is really doing and does it really have to do it this way. We can't answer that for you.

The second would be why not treat these systems like embedded controllers. For example at my company we have several engineering systems that are decades old and only run on Windows Server 2003. When the OS reached EOL we could not simple stop using these systems and we do not have the resources to currently replace them. So what we did was pull them into there own network. They are not connected to any outside network, no updates, no changes.