[HTML] Run a client program from a web page

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Hi, first of all thank you in advance for any help.

I would like to run a client program from a web page. The scenario like when I click a "Run notepad" button on a web site, it will start notepad.exe in my computer.

I have tried .hta, and it can run well. But I have to save .hta to my computer and run it. All I want to do is just run notepad.exe directly by clicking a button on my website.

Please help me with this.

Posted 25-Jul-13 21:04pm

namhung1986

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_Asif_ · Answer 1 · 2013-07-25T21:25:00

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Check this link. It has given a code to execute notepad from browser though you may need to tweek it a bit

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/3444c3c3-eef7-4f6b-b67c-086e34fc74be/how-to-execute-an-executable-file-ex-notepad-using-javascript-which-will-work-in-mozilla-firefox[^]

Posted 25-Jul-13 21:25pm

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namhung1986 26-Jul-13 4:00am

hi,
I followed your solution, but it didn't work. Please check it out. Thanks anyway!

Prashant Kothale · Answer 2 · 2013-07-26T00:37:00

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<html>
 <head>
     <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
         MyObject = new ActiveXObject( "WScript.Shell" )
         function RunNotePad()
         {
            MyObject.Run("notepad") ;
         }

    </script>
 </head>
 <body>
    <h1>Run a Program</h1>
    This script launch the file >> c:\windows\notepad.exe<p>
    <button onclick="RunNotePad()">Run Windows NotePad</button>
 </body>
</html>

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Similarly if u want to run another command MyObject.Run(notepad); just change Notepad with your run command like CMD, Explorer etc