# Can i make a flash movie open an .exe file?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640
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**Created:** [March 27, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640 "2003-03-27T00:59:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@alpha\_blade](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alpha_blade)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/1 "2003-03-27T00:59:34Z")
See topic. I am bored so i am making a “flash wallpaper,” just to see if it could work out well. I want to be able to click on a button and have it open up a program, like AIM. i tried getURL, but then it brings up the “download” box, where it asks you to open, save, etc. is there a way that i can make it open a file directly?
i tried using fscommand exec, C:/folder/file.exe, but nothing happened.
please help me out.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/2 "2003-03-27T01:02:41Z")
I don’t think so…
If I’m correct, that would be a security violation from your OS…
I think…
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/3 "2003-03-27T01:14:45Z")
i was thinking that too, but i thought there might be SOME way to do it, because i’m doing it all locally. no internet involved, just the web browser.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/4 "2003-03-27T01:16:36Z")
yes, you can.
fscommand(“exec”, “file.exe”);
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/5 "2003-03-27T01:28:20Z")
a couple things, first, does that work in MX? someone told that would only work in Flash5. and another, can i ope exes from a different folder, like fscommand(“exec”, “C:\folder\file.exe”);?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/6 "2003-03-27T06:17:01Z")
I hope that doesn’t work. That would mean Flash poses a serious security threat to your computer.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/7 "2003-03-27T06:23:38Z")
why would you want to load an .exe from a local machine?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/8 "2003-03-27T06:39:55Z")
In Windows, it should prompt for open/save, etc.
I’m sure if it could, it would have been exploited by now.
Rev 
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/9 "2003-03-27T06:49:14Z")
you’re right rev, my bad. 😊
you can definitely call an .exe file from flash, just like a pdf or any
other file. I would just use \_blank on it to make it call a new
window first.
i don’t see why this would be any different locally.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/10 "2003-03-27T09:28:02Z")
You can try the run protocol handler. Download it here:
[http://www.blackbit.net/freeware/](http://www.blackbit.net/freeware/)
I used it when I wanted to run exe’s from a html page’s links
i.e.
```php
open notepad
```
I think it should work with Flash too…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/11 "2003-03-27T13:00:40Z")
**forgot to mention:**
it works, but only in a windows projector… you can´t do that on a swf for security reasons 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/12 "2003-03-27T15:29:55Z")
see that
on (release)
{
getURL(“FSCommand:exec”, “momaiyaz.exe AutoRun\_Demos\SQL\_Server\_in\_the\_Enterprise\home.exe”);
}
i see that in a flash intro for microsoft it is with out fscommand folder .
but they put a file (( momaiyaz .exe )) in cd and if i remote this file the links dosn’t work ;(
but i can not know how can i build a file like (( momaiyaz .exe ))
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/13 "2003-03-27T22:57:43Z")
thanks, thybalt. that did it for me. now i can get back to making my flash wallpaper.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/14 "2003-03-30T01:12:19Z")
with the run protocol handler, does anyone know how to edit the reg files for WinXP Home Edition?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/15 "2003-03-30T04:18:20Z")
is this to be used with windowblinds?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/16 "2003-03-30T05:46:23Z")
nope, no windows blinds
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2003, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-make-a-flash-movie-open-an-exe-file/16640/17 "2003-03-30T09:22:36Z")
then how is it going to be used on windows? Active desktop?