Open Application( EXE file) click on URL from(e-mail)for WPF

When an .exe file is being clicked via URL it is the choice of the user to either run the .exe file download it or cancel it. You can not force execute the exe file via browser, also the fact that the application needs to be installed as well if it is properly packaged. However, as describe in your scenario, what you can do is create an intermediate application, call it dummy application or wrapper application or package application. What it does is that it will package your commands e.g.

Write lines of code that will download your .exe file via API call or anyother method.
Add progress bar that shoes the download progress.
When download is complete use following line of code to start the .exe file programmatically with force (refer for detail http://bit.ly/2B1otvA) i.e.

Process.Start("path/to/your/file")

This way you will be able to give illusion to the user as if your application is being opened after download & Install. You can use same mechanism after install as well.

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Asma Khalid9y ago
When an .exe file is being clicked via URL it is the choice of the user to either run the .exe file download it or cancel it. You can not force execute the exe file via browser, also the fact that the application needs to be installed as well if it is properly packaged. However, as describe in your scenario, what you can do is create an intermediate application, call it dummy application or wrapper application or package application. What it does is that it will package your commands e.g.
Write lines of code that will download your .exe file via API call or anyother method.
Add progress bar that shoes the download progress.
When download is complete use following line of code to start the .exe file programmatically with force (refer for detail http://bit.ly/2B1otvA) i.e.
Process.Start("path/to/your/file")
This way you will be able to give illusion to the user as if your application is being opened after download & Install. You can use same mechanism after install as well.
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