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Asked: 2026-05-10T16:53:52+00:00

I’m working on an application that is implemented as an HTA. I have a

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I’m working on an application that is implemented as an HTA. I have a series of links that I would like to have open in the system’s default web browser. Using <a href='url' target='_blank'> opens the link in IE regardless of the default browser.

Is there a way to use the default browser? Using JavaScript is an option.

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  1. Create a shell and attempt to run a URL.

    This works for me (save as whatever.hta and execute it) on my system. Clicking on the button opens Google in Firefox:

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd'> <html lang='en'> <head>   <title>HTA Test</title>   <hta:application applicationname='HTA Test' scroll='yes' singleinstance='yes'>   <script type='text/javascript'>   function openURL()   {       var shell = new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell');       shell.run('http://www.google.com');   }   </script> </head> <body>  <input type='button' onclick='openURL()' value='Open Google'>  </body> </html>
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