Please help me if this is possible to do. I am having .EXE file on server i want to run that file in web browser.
Please guide me how can i implement this?
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No, you can't. EXE is a desktop application and cannot run on browser – Pradeep Simha Jan 23 '14 at 11:27
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Here is something similar you are looking for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3152482/running-exe-from-javascript – Gan Jan 23 '14 at 11:27
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No, it is not possible to open a .exe file in the browser. Internet Explorer can open ActiveX controls, and browsers with Java can load applets, but nether is a Windows executable file like you seem to want.
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Other browsers can run `.exe` files using emulators like [Boxedwine](http://www.boxedwine.org/), even if they don't support ActiveX. – Anderson Green Jun 06 '22 at 23:41
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Web browsers cannot natively execute a random .EXE file (imagine the security implications).
Having said that, on a Windows machine (example), using ActiveX (in the IE browser for the sake of example) or the Mime handling capabilities of the browser, you can open up a Excel spreadsheet, PDF, even invoke Outlook (etc.) on your PC. This assumes the user have allowed such execution to occur etc... But its not the same as running the .EXE
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*"on a Windows machine, ActiveX can be used to open up a Excel spreadsheet, PDF, even invoke Outlook (etc.) on your PC."* Not in FF, or Chrome, or.. – Andrew Thompson Jan 23 '14 at 11:28
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@AndrewThompson you can definitely open up a PDF via Chrome. My meaning is imply (a) you just can't run a .EXE, (b) it is possible however in some cases for a file to be opened such as PDF/Spreadsheet/Mail via the capabilities of the browser. Not wanting to start a comment war, thanks for your comment. – robnick Jan 23 '14 at 11:37