Demonwolf Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Hey all.I'm having a bit of an issue. I have created an active desktop to be used in schools. It looks wonderful thanks to the help I've received here and now I'm hoping I can get some help once again. I have a link on the page to Office 2007 applications but when I click on them... nothing happens. If I right click and click "Save Target as..." I am definitely able to save the file I want to link to but I can't get it to run.The link looks as follows: <a href="c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE">MS Word 2007</a>I have found on one or two PCs that if I open it in IE and click on the link, I get a dialog asking if I want to Run or Save the file, but this is rare. What I want to do is get it to run without prompts and from the Active Desktop. Anyone have any ideas?Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I haven't tried using an HTML desktop for a while... but never have I tried running local programs from it.Here's a guess though... try to change the path into a file URI, like: file:///c|/Program%20Files/Microsoft%20Office/Office12/WINWORD.EXE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaguy Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 i have a feeling that most browsers would disable something like this due to security issues...Edit: Actually, this might be what you need: Source I recently had a requirement where I needed to launch a program from a browser window. LaunchinIE allows you to start an appllication Word, Excel or any *.exe file from a Link on a web page.You can download the LaunchinIE.dll and find full installation and set up instructions at the developers site: http://www.whirlywiryweb.com/q/%2Flaunchinie.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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