Hi, not sure where to post... I have a .exe file on my site, cpanel, file mgr. I want to execute it (open). It is a traffic exchange. When I try to run it (www.mysite.com/trafficexchange.exe) it just wants to download. Why doesn't it work on the website? The file is LFMTE_installer.exe. Am I missing something?
Thanks
duchaine

    It's not entirely clear to me what you're trying to do. If the intent is for the http request to cause that file to be executed on the web server, then maybe that could be done via web server configuration to tell it what to do (such as via .htaccess settings if using Apache), or by having an already supported server-side language script (e.g. PHP?) execute that file on the web server (e.g. via shell_exec() or exec() in PHP).

    If you want the file to run on the machine making the http request, having it automatically download the file and then execute it with no user interaction would be a horrible security hole, which hopefully there is no way around.

      NogDog!

      Hi, sorry for the long blank space.
      Ok,
      Its for thephantomoftheopra-te.com

      I'm getting somewhere. I filled out the FTP fields. The next window came up....
      Installation - LFMTE Script
      Web Server Settings
      Please enter the URL corresponding to the install location

      This installer needs a web server for some tasks.

      You entered 'public_html/' for the install location on your FTP server.
      Please enter the URL of the install location on your web server.

      Install location URL: http://chi'xxx'.greengeeks.net

      This is as far as I got... have not tried it. Does it look right so far?

      I'll get back with greengeeks on that. They coached me a little.

      I want to ask if you if you would be interested in doing work on my sites.

      1. americanfamilyrecipedatabase.com needs php and 4 recipe databases (one is already up but not connected to site)
      2. thephantomoftheopra-te.com Only the 'front' is up.
      3. Also Taz Mahal te and Once upon a time in the west te are under const. not up yet.

      Not in a big hurry to do anything for now.

      Thanks
      Duchaine

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