Running .exe from Javascript

Question

Hi , I am trying to run a .exe file from Javascript .This is what I have-

var oShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
var commandtoRun = "C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\ABCD.exe"; oShell.ShellExecute(commandtoRun,"","","open","1");

If i have only the first 2 lines code it seems to work fine (it asked me do i want activeX when I opened it first time in IE) but if I add the last line (ShellExecute) there seems to be an error.I want to pass arguments to the exe .Does anyone know how to do it ?
Thanks,

Answer 1

You need to escape the backslashes, e.g.,

var commandtoRun = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\User\Desktop\\ABCD.exe";

Update:

This works fine on my machine:

var oShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
var commandtoRun = "C:\\Windows\\notepad.exe"; 
oShell.ShellExecute(commandtoRun,"","","open","1");

Update 2

You can save this as a file with the extension .hta and it should work in your browser:

<script>
var oShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
var commandtoRun = "C:\\Windows\\notepad.exe"; 
oShell.ShellExecute(commandtoRun,"","","open","1");
</script>