Start exe application from website

Question

I have a webpage in ASP.NET.
And I have an .exe application which created using C#.
First, the user have to download the .exe application and should copy it to the C:\.
That I can give the instruction in the webpage.
Using a link in the webpage, I need to open that particular .exe application.
I tried the following Code:

using System.Diagnostics;
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ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo(@"C:\app.exe");
Process.Start(info);

This working fine locally, but when I uploaded it in the webserver, I got the following Exception.

Exception Details: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified

Then I searched in Google and found how the iTunes launches from the website.
Like from the following link.

Launches iTunes.exe from here

Then I tried to open the iTunes using the following link.

<a href="itunes:///">Open iTunes</a>

It worked perfectly, but I tried the same with my .exe application, it didn't open and at the same time it showed the following error.

HTTP Error 400 - Bad Request.

So can anyone guide me to open my .exe application from my webpage.
And if the .exe is there in Bin folder on server, then how can I go about it.
Thanks

possible duplicate of [How to launch an EXE from Web page (asp.net)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/916925/how-to-launch-an-exe-from-web-page-asp-net) — L-Four, Jun 12 '14 at 07:29
@L-Three: I read this. I tried also. From this link only I got the idea of iTunes. — user3611406, Jun 12 '14 at 07:31

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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This

ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo(@"C:\app.exe");
Process.Start(info);

starts a new service on the server not on the client computer. You get an error message because there is no "C:\app.exe" on your server.

You cannot launch an application on local computer from asp.net server application.

Itunes is using a "protocol handler", read How does the Apple iTunes web site launch the iTunes application on my computer when I click the blue "Launch iTunes" button?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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answered Jun 12 '14 at 07:40

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This should be a comment. – insomnium_ Jun 12 '14 at 07:41
@smirnov: How can I achieve that? – user3611406 Jun 12 '14 at 07:43
You cannot launch an application on local computer from asp.net server application. – user2316116 Jun 12 '14 at 07:43

Start exe application from website

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