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Topic: Force download/run on IE?

Posted By: Necronom
Subject: Force download/run on IE?
Date Posted: 02 November 2004 at 11:30am

hello =)

I'm currently trying to create a CD for presentation purposes and for virus update installs. Anywho, I have made an HTML page that links to the exe file that will install the software. I'm trying to bypass the "Open/Run" dialog box and just save it and run it automatically.

Now I know this is possible becuase Hijack-ware is doing it all the time.

If anyone has the code that does this, or could point me in the right direction, i'd really appreciate it!

TIA!

. necronom .

Replies:

Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 02 November 2004 at 11:55am

There is no proper way of doing it and letting the user know. It will also probably not work with XPSP2

Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 02 November 2004 at 1:09pm

Create an ActiveX Control that the user gets prompted one time to install, if he trust you he will, and then you can use that activeX control to install what you want.

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