Running an EXE file outside of MSIE?

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
Thu Nov 01 12:24:22 PDT 2007

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" <tyler.ingersoll@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1193932438.717781.215010@o3g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> 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!
>

TheCodeGuy361
Thu Nov 01 12:46:26 PDT 2007

On Nov 1, 3:24 pm, "Mike Mueller" <MyN...@ecinet.net> wrote:
> 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" <tyler.ingers...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1193932438.717781.215010@o3g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > 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!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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
Thu Nov 01 16:05:52 PDT 2007

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.

--

Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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"TheCodeGuy361" <tyler.ingersoll@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1193932438.717781.215010@o3g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> 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!
>