title: Execute Command (cmd) by Hyperlink or Javascript
body: <p>I am looking for a way to make the client machine execute some command line in the command prompt (cmd) from a web page (intranet application).</p>
  
  <p>I guess (and hope) this cannot be done by browser standards. But <strong>assuming I have full access to the clients' machines and can setup everything I need on them</strong> - Is there a way to make <code>Internet Explorer</code> trigger a launch of <code>cmd</code> and execute a given command? So I could then include hyperlinks or javascript to access it like, for example, this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;a href="cmd:C\Program Files\..."&gt;Click Me&lt;/a&gt;
  
  executeCmd('C:\\Program Files\\...');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If there is no easy way to configure something like this, I'd be very thankful for workarounds or different approaches to trigger a command from a web page.</p>