# Running any file from Flash with Director

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/running-any-file-from-flash-with-director/185054>\
**Category:** open source\
**Created:** [April 10, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/running-any-file-from-flash-with-director/185054 "2006-04-10T16:26:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/running-any-file-from-flash-with-director/185054/1 "2006-04-10T16:26:48Z")

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to be able to run any file from flash use command  
getURL(‘lingo:\_player.open(“f:\windows\”, “explorer.exe”)’);

“f:\windows\” can be any path  
“explorer.exe” can be any file

flash file made this way needs to be imported in director and published from director to exe