# Rookie Needs Help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rookie-needs-help/24638>\
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**Created:** [July 3, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rookie-needs-help/24638 "2003-07-03T01:04:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ralle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ralle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ralle)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rookie-needs-help/24638/1 "2003-07-03T01:04:38Z")

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I have a button that I want to link to a program on my computer.  
You see, I’m doing this little desktop navigation for my self.

This is the way I want it: When I click on the button, Flash (for instance) will then open.

How do I do this?

Please help me.

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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:** [July 3, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rookie-needs-help/24638/2 "2003-07-03T03:52:21Z")

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A little more details…

So are you doing the button in flash?  
if not, in what then?

And show us what you did so far…

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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:** [July 3, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rookie-needs-help/24638/3 "2003-07-03T05:18:32Z")

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I don’t know if this would work or not, but it’s a good guess:  
[AS]  
on(press){  
getURL(“file:///c:/dir/subdir/file.exe”);  
}  
[/AS]  
I just tried it and it works on IE. The window stays open then it opens the program on top of it. I don’t know any other way, but there probably is one. This was just a guess.  
:beam:

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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:** [July 3, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rookie-needs-help/24638/4 "2003-07-03T05:32:45Z")

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I think you might have to use fscommand, read this thread.

[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11592&highlight=launch+exe](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11592&highlight=launch+exe)