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Possible to launch an IE browser from a CD using ...

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krr

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I need to launch an IE browser window on the users computer even if they
have a different preference set to view internet files.
Is this possible? I have permissions, So this isn't a problem.

I have a CD that I am using to run a few small .exe files from.
Nothing complex! I also am running a few web app's also.

All of the app's need IE to function.
I am using a target audience of the user with no interest in learning computers, Just using them.

Can you advise..

Thank You
Kevin

 
The most basic solution would be to create a bat file that contains the line &quot;explorer.exe <file path>.&quot; This will open a new IE window and load the specified file. However, I don't know if it works with relative paths or if you could do some obscure scripting to find the CD drive letter in order to specify an exact path.
 
I was able to resolve the problem using an IE specific shell program.

The author of the program

John Krutch took his previous program and rewrote it so that it would detect and open the users IE browser and then load the file specified in the .inf file.

The address for the thread in question
if your interested is:


I appreciate your time and interest!
Thank You
Kevin

 
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