How do I make a hyperlink to a local executable?

Question

We have an Intranet website, and a WPF windows executable installed on every workstation.

1. How can we create a hyperlink on the intranet website that will launc

Answer 1

If your users really use only IE you can use this snippet:

Run Notepad

However, with any sensible security settings this leads to an awful lot of warnings (and rightfully so!).