# Launching EXE'S from within flash?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-exes-from-within-flash/34051>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 27, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-exes-from-within-flash/34051 "2003-10-27T16:22:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![dynastyjp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dynastyjp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dynastyjp)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-exes-from-within-flash/34051/1 "2003-10-27T16:22:56Z")

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Is this possible?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-exes-from-within-flash/34051/2 "2003-10-27T16:49:52Z")

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Yes.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-exes-from-within-flash/34051/3 "2003-10-27T16:51:13Z")

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I just couldn’t resist, sorry :trout:

Anyway, if you search a bit with the keywords exe, or fscommand, you should find plenty of interesting info 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-exes-from-within-flash/34051/4 "2003-10-27T18:28:56Z")

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Also, with windows can’t you just specify the prog. location in a ‘getURL’ statement?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-exes-from-within-flash/34051/5 "2003-10-28T11:29:35Z")

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I don’t think so :-\ Well, I’ve never tried it 😃

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/launching-exes-from-within-flash/34051/6 "2003-10-28T12:36:19Z")

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Pom – FSCommand sends the command to the host of the Flash player right ? So if you view the SWF in a HTML page, won’t the page ask to download the exe instead of launching it ? Just a thought …