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Asked: 2026-06-10T12:58:32+00:00

I need to run a program from the local user’s file system by clicking

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I need to run a program from the local user’s file system by clicking an html link.

When i use this 

<a href="C:\Windows\System32\NETSTAT.EXE">CLICK</a>

It works fine. But When i try to pass a parameter to the exe file it fails.

<a href="C:\Windows\System32\NETSTAT.EXE -a">CLICK</a>

Anyone has an idea how is it possible to pass the parameter?

Thanks

UPDATE

The use of this is the following: An online system sends emails to users if a new record is available in the system. Therefore the users will click a link from their email client that will open their local exe program with the desired parameter, to show the new record.

I don’t want to send emails with bat files since it is not allowed by my network admin.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I see only one solution, use .BAT file, where will be “netstat.exe -a”, named for example netstat-a.bat.

    <a href="C:\Windows\System32\NETSTAT-A.BAT">CLICK</a>

    It’s quite impertect solution, but can works 🙂

    You can also try this code, but it depend of browser and user rights:

    <html>
 <head>
     <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> 
         MyObject = new ActiveXObject( "WScript.Shell" ) 
         function RunNotePad()  
         { 
            MyObject.Run("netstat.exe -a") ; 
        } 

    </script>
 </head>
 <body>
    <h1>Run a Program</h1>
    This script launch the file >> c:\windows\notepad.exe<p>
    <button onclick="RunNotePad()">Run Windows NotePad</button>
 </body>
</html>
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