Re: Run DOS commands from HTML

In article <e7774537.0308251109.511a88a3 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>,
Prab_kar (AT) hotmail (DOT) com says...

I was wondering if its possible to run a DOS command from the html page.
I would like the users to click on a link to launch the task manager.

With certain versions of Internet Explorer, yes, this is possible. In
fact, it was a big security issue, and that's why it was patched. It
even worked in Outlook, by sending HTML mails. The preferred way of
doing what you want should be to let the user download a batch-file, and
to politely ask them to execute it. In your case, the best is to just
explain to your users how they can launch the task manager manually. It
will save you a lot of trouble because there's no other solution that
works well.