# Triggering an EXE

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/triggering-an-exe/264967>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 2, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/triggering-an-exe/264967 "2008-07-02T16:28:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![alanmace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@alanmace](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alanmace)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/triggering-an-exe/264967/1 "2008-07-02T16:28:52Z")

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I have a project in which the client wants to click on a button and have it run an exe file. If I link to it directly, it just tries to download it through a browser. Is there a way to just run the file?