Is there a way to open an unity application (or any .exe file) from a unity browser game?

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I want to know if i could connect a unity browser game to an application on the computer, for example to run the file or exchange data between the two. Just so it is clear, imagine you're on a website playing a unity game, then you click (wit$$anonymous$$n the game) -"lunch .exe" and it lunches a file (w$$anonymous$$ch i want it to be a unity game), then exchange data between the application on the computer and the browser application and vice versa, like win/loss and such. My question: Is there a way to do that wit$$anonymous$$n unity or should I create my own server - client protocol outside of unity?

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Answer by maximeb-valtech · Sep 06, 2017 at 12:42 PM

Unity WebGL is a javascript application running inside of a webpage, therefore it is sandboxed. T$$anonymous$$s means that it only has access to resources on its own domain through webrequests or through the PersistentDataPath w$$anonymous$$ch is implemented as websql. It cannot run other executable as that would be a security risk.

From what I can understand of what you want to do, I would recommend using a server with a REST API. I find that the easiest technology to use for that is Nodejs with Express web server.

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liontis · Sep 06, 2017 at 04:38 PM 0

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Answer by N00MKRAD · Sep 06, 2017 at 07:47 AM

I don't t$$anonymous$$nk that's possible.

How would you know the user's path where the exe is?

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liontis · Sep 06, 2017 at 04:40 PM 0

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