# Buttons That Link To User's Programs
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-that-link-to-users-programs/2983
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 14, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-that-link-to-users-programs/2983 "2002-02-14T19:35:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-that-link-to-users-programs/2983/1 "2002-02-14T19:35:54Z")
I was wondering if there was a way to Link a button to open a program on my computer. \rIs this possible? Do i need to use Javascript?\rI’m making an interactive desktop… basically, and was trying to figure out a way to create links (or shortcuts) to a program using Flash 5, and having it open the program, or file.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-that-link-to-users-programs/2983/2 "2002-02-14T19:47:43Z")
on YOUR hd no problem using fscommand (exec…) because you’ll know the full path to the .exe you’ll want to launch; on s’body elses, as the program might be installed s’where else, you can’t be sure it’ll work. check the flash help on that, if you can’t find out, post back.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2002, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-that-link-to-users-programs/2983/3 "2002-02-17T23:29:33Z")
im not totally new with everything about flash…\rbut i was playin around with the fscommand script you told me about, and i still couldn’t get it to work…\ram i doin something wrong?\rdo i use both the command and argument?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-that-link-to-users-programs/2983/4 "2002-02-18T18:11:56Z")
example for notepad:\r\rfscommand (“exec”, “C:/Windows/Notepad.exe”);\r\rreplace second part by path to your prog
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-that-link-to-users-programs/2983/5 "2002-02-18T20:33:17Z")
Eyezberg!,\rI am really digging that Fly in your sig.\r
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-that-link-to-users-programs/2983/6 "2002-02-18T23:26:04Z")
my actions look like this for that particular button:\r\ron (release) {\r fscommand (“exec”, “C:/Windows/Notepad.exe”);\r}\r\r\rdoes this work on your pc? it certainatly isn’t workin for me. I’m confused. I put it in like you said… do any of these lines need to be an expression? It seems like it’s simple, yet it doesn’t work for me…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-that-link-to-users-programs/2983/7 "2002-02-21T20:22:57Z")
on (release) {\r fscommand (“exec”, “C:\WINNT\NOTEPAD.exe”);\r}\r\r tested and working…browse to your prog you want to launch in explorer, copy’n’paste the path into the ‘argument’ line in the fscommand action panel (beginner mode). Notice the escaped slashes…