Shell execute an EXE in Isolated Storage

Question

Is it possible to shell execute an exe which is stored in the isolated storage space. In silverlight

Answer 1

Apperently you can't.

From the first answer on the linked article:

You can not execute anything outside of the Silverlight sandbox.

Answer 2

In an OOB app with elevated privs, it should be possible to copy a stream to a file in the users private folders and then use Shell COM objects to run the file.

You can't do this from the browser or a standard OOB silverlight app.

Answer 3

Honesty I don't see how it should be possible since that would break the whole idea of running things in a sandbox. Even raised privileges shouldn't allow it, and if it is I would rate it as a critical security flaw in Silverlight.

Answer 4

Looks like you can do it in SL 4.0. Check this post http://www.youpvp.com/blog/post/Silverlight-meet-ShellApplication.aspx