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August 28th, 2002, 04:18 AM
Can anyone tell me how to can I launch a local executable in a hyperlink?

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Waldo2k2
August 28th, 2002, 08:38 PM
i know the following example works on win9x (simply because of where task manager is located) however it does ask you if you want to open or save the program so that may bother you...but it's pretty simple, not javascript required.

<html>
<body>
<a href="c:/windows/taskman.exe">task manager</a>
</body>
</html>

if you know how to send the address line in IE a string, you can just send it the name of the executable. For instance, typing deer hunter 4 (i have deer hunter 4 installed on my comp) in the address line of IE 5x and up (may work on 4x i don't know) will attempt to launch deer hunter 4. So you may be able to use this to your advantage some how as well.