Is it possible to run a .exe file on client side with Silverlight.
Or with javascript or something other.
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Is it possible to run a .exe file on client side with Silverlight.
Or with javascript or something other.
Thanks
In general no – it would be a huge security hole.
It might be possible for specific browser using plug-ins or ActiveX components (in Internet Explorer) that add such a feature – that will leave the browser very exposed though.
See also this – one of the answers there suggest a clever trick if you want to start from the browser an application that you have control over: have the application installer associate a file extension with its EXE, and then you download from the browser a dummy file with that extension.