# Opening Programs from Flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opening-programs-from-flash/118890>\
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**Created:** [August 10, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opening-programs-from-flash/118890 "2004-08-10T02:04:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![serkios](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/serkios/32/608_2.png) [@serkios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/serkios)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/opening-programs-from-flash/118890/1 "2004-08-10T02:04:11Z")

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I’m wondering how you launch an application from within the Flash Player. For example, I want Flash to open Notepad and paste in some text. How would I go about this? Thanks,