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19 Jan 2007 10:50 PM
Arvi
is it possible to open explorer.exe from asp.net ?

i tried this woth access denied error "
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer.exe", "");

"

anyother working method? or no way at all?

thanks.

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20 Jan 2007 9:25 AM
Riki
"Arvi" <arvi @ ctiq.com> wrote in message
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> is it possible to open explorer.exe from asp.net ?

No. This would be too easy if a web application could start
applications on the client.

On top of that, are you sure your visitors are running Windows?

> i tried this woth access denied error "
> System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer.exe", "");

This would start Explorer on the web server, not on the client.
Obviously, this will not work.

> anyother working method? or no way at all?

Nope.

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Riki
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22 Jan 2007 7:49 PM
Steve C. Orr [MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASP Insider]
That's not feasible due to security restrictions on the client.
The only way would probably be if you had an ActiveX control embedded in the
page and your users accepted the associated security warning.

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
http://SteveOrr.net


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> is it possible to open explorer.exe from asp.net ?
>
> i tried this woth access denied error "
> System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer.exe", "");
>
> "
>
> anyother working method? or no way at all?
>
> thanks.
>