How to launch the installed apps from the system through my desktop app?

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Hi,

In my desktop app, there is a section where I listed some apps like PowerPoint, Excel, WOC(a custom app). When user clicks on it, the app must launch without closing my desktop app. Also, how to make my as full screen by default? Is it possible to achieve this using javascript only?

What I have tried:

well, I've not done much about this! All I tried is creating a separate project using "Office Extension" using Visual Studio 2019, but I couldn't able to get what I expected.

Posted 29-Jun-21 1:33am

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Updated 9-Jul-21 9:03am

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2021-06-29T02:03:00

Your code can request full-screen display using the fullscreen API:
Fullscreen API - Web APIs | MDN[^]

The user/browser is free to block the request. And the user can always exit full-screen by pressing the Esc key.

However, Javascript running in a web page cannot launch applications on the local computer. The closest you can get is to link to a file which would normally open in the desired application. However, the user is free to save that file instead of opening it, or to cancel the download.

And before you ask, this is a security feature. There is no way for your code to work around it.

Dimiter2011 · Answer 2 · 2021-07-09T09:03:00

Solution 3

 <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function openSudoku() {
	document.getElementById('myP').style.display='none';        	
	WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
	WshShell.Run("C:/Apps/NextGame.exe", 1, false); 
    }
</script>

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Works for me. Win 10 & Google Chrome.
There is always more than one way to make a cat purr... :-)

Posted 9-Jul-21 9:03am

Dimiter2011

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Richard Deeming 12-Jul-21 7:01am

Chrome does not support ActiveX controls. They only work in Internet Explorer on Windows, and only if your security settings are sufficiently weak.

If you think you have this running in Chrome, then you probably have an add-in called "IE Tab" installed, and your page is actually loading in an Internet Explorer instance within Chrome.