Open Windows application using javascript/jQuery

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As per requirement we need to open desktop application using javascript/jquery.

Please help me out to resolve this issue

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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It's not reaaly possible. You must either:

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Sep 11 '14 at 09:29

AlexanderBrevig

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the funny thing about silly requirements is that it's often the users or the management who makes them :/ – AlexanderBrevig Sep 11 '14 at 09:31
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@AlexanderBrevig that makes sense, if they knew anything about these technologies they would never think of doing this :) (To be fair, some great ideas can also come to life from such naive/silly requirements that we, IT guys, may dismiss too quickly) – Greg Sep 11 '14 at 22:12

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '14 at 09:57

If you could execute a file from client code you'll be facing an important security issue.

Imagine accessing a webpage that could, through javascript, start/stop windows services and launch common applications.

I think you can use Windows Scripting Host to launch some command line actions, however it will probably only work on IE.

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