Running an EXE file outside of MSIE?

[TheCodeGuy361]

Hello,

I am working on an HTML page that is running from the company
Intranet.

One of the main purposes is to click on a link that opens an EXE file
with dependencies (*.cfg and *.txt files). I know that MSIE opens a
copy of the EXE in memory and the dependencies are not present, thus
the EXE does not work.

My question is this: Is there any way around this limitation? Can I
set MSIE to open the EXE outside of MSIE? Can I load the dependant
files into memory too?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Mike Mueller]

A possible way to pull this off would be to create a self extracting /self
executing zip file and run the designated exe after the package has
decompressed

 

[TheCodeGuy361]

A possible way to pull this off would be to create a self extracting /self
executing zip file and run the designated exe after the package has
decompressed










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That's an idea. I also thought of just opening the folder in explorer
that contains the EXE. But then the user would need instruction on
which file to open...

 

[Steve Easton]

You can't launch an executable using a link in a browser window.

You can link to a file that will cause an executable to be launched,
such as a pdf, word doc etc, if the file extension is recognized by the
machine and the appropriate program is installed.

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