How to open a specified drive from client side

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hi all

i have a functionality in my website

dynamically show a link specified drive if i click that link it can open in explorer
from client side

in process.start is working only local but when i publish in iis it's not working client side so i want to open client side through shell command or command prompt

C#

public enum ShowCommands : int
   {
       SW_HIDE = 0,
       SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1,
       SW_NORMAL = 1,
       SW_SHOWMINIMIZED = 2,
       SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED = 3,
       SW_MAXIMIZE = 3,
       SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE = 4,
       SW_SHOW = 5,
       SW_MINIMIZE = 6,
       SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE = 7,
       SW_SHOWNA = 8,
       SW_RESTORE = 9,
       SW_SHOWDEFAULT = 10,
       SW_FORCEMINIMIZE = 11,
       SW_MAX = 11
   }


   [DllImport("shell32.dll")]
   static extern IntPtr ShellExecute(
       IntPtr hwnd,
       string lpOperation,
       string lpFile,
       string lpParameters,
       string lpDirectory,
       ShowCommands nShowCmd);
//in button click event im calling
 ShellExecute(IntPtr.Zero, "open", "explorer.exe", @"F:", "", ShowCommands.SW_NORMAL);

loclally it's working fine but when i hosting iis it's not working

let me know how to sove this

Thanks and advance.........

Posted 7-Mar-12 0:34am

Bojjaiah

Updated 7-Mar-12 6:07am

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Herman<T>.Instance 7-Mar-12 6:45am

maybe detect it by using WMI or use javascript activex-object

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2012-03-07T01:46:00

Solution 1

You cannot do it by executing code on the Server - security will not allow you. The code must be executed on the Client.

However, you can do it by putting a link into the HTML:

HTML

<a href="File://D:\Temp\" target="_blank">D:\Temp</a>

Posted 7-Mar-12 1:46am

OriginalGriff

Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 2 · 2012-03-07T06:58:00

Solution 2

All ASP.NET code runs on the server, never on the client. So, the code may have worked, but it just opened Explorer on the server.

Posted 7-Mar-12 6:58am

Dave Kreskowiak

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Bojjaiah 7-Mar-12 13:08pm

but when i hosted in iis it's not working dave!

Dave Kreskowiak 7-Mar-12 13:48pm

What did I just get done saying?!?!? IT'S NEVER GOING TO WORK BECAUSE THE CODE RUNS ON THE SERVER ONLY! THE SERVER CANNOT LAUNCH A PROCESS ON THE CLIENT MACHINE, EVER!

You can NOT open an Explorer window on the client from server-side code.

Bojjaiah 9-Mar-12 9:13am

cool..............