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Open Executable from VBScript

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jgos

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Is there a way that I can open a program like notepad from a client side VBScript in a web page?
 
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I use:

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
ReturnCode = WshShell.Run ("%windir%\notepad.exe", 1, TRUE)

which works fine in MS Dev Env but not when I launch the html file in IE...
 
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