Is it possible to run an exe file on a host computer via a website?
html, javascript, php
Solution
If you want to access the remote desktop application via the web browser you will need a HTML5 VNC client. A popular one is Gaucamole @ http://guac-dev.org/. It can be configured to view only a single application instead of the remote desktop.
If you want the website to work as a trigger for remote applications and want the remote applications to work like they are being run on the client machine. This can be done over Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). I have seen this work flawlessly, but it requires a ton of work.
Problem
Is it possible to run an .exe file from the host computer? For example, someone enters my website and it starts to run "mspaint.exe" on the website itself (people will see MS Paint and be able to use it). So, nothing is opened or running on the client side - only server side. I tried searching for this, but I only get answers regarding opening a local exe file with a website. thanks, g3mini :D