Can we open .exe file in browser from server?

Question

Please help me if this is possible to do. I am having .EXE file on server i want to run that file in web browser.

Please guide me how can i implement this?

Answer 1

No, it is not possible to open a .exe file in the browser. Internet Explorer can open ActiveX controls, and browsers with Java can load applets, but nether is a Windows executable file like you seem to want.

Answer 2

Web browsers cannot natively execute a random .EXE file (imagine the security implications).

Having said that, on a Windows machine (example), using ActiveX (in the IE browser for the sake of example) or the Mime handling capabilities of the browser, you can open up a Excel spreadsheet, PDF, even invoke Outlook (etc.) on your PC. This assumes the user have allowed such execution to occur etc... But its not the same as running the .EXE