activex

How to launch an application from a browser?

The correct method is to register your custom URL Protocol in windows registry as follows: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\customurl] @=”Description here” “URL Protocol”=”” [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\customurl\shell] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\customurl\shell\open] [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\customurl\shell\open\command] @=”\”C:\\Path To Your EXE\\ExeName.exe\” \”%1\”” Once the above keys and values are added, from the web page, just call “customurl:\\parameter1=xxx&parameter2=xxx” . You will receive the entire url as the argument in exe, … Read more

Microsoft Excel ActiveX Controls Disabled?

From other forums, I have learned that it is due to the MS Update and that a good fix is to simply delete the file MSForms.exd from any Temp subfolder in the user’s profile. For instance: C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\Excel8.0\MSForms.exd C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\MSForms.exd C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\Word8.0\MSForms.exd Of course the application (Excel, Word…) must be closed in order to delete this file.