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I forgot to mention that IE needs to do the same. &nbsp;The exception of course is the clients security settings.
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I forgot to mention that IE needs to do the same.  The exception of course is the clients security settings.

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I'm trying to develop a site that will call a .bat file on a network share. &nbsp;The virtual directory is in place, and I can browse it. &nbsp;Whenever one of the .bat files in the share is accessed, the browser (in the case of firefox) asks if I want to save it. &nbsp;I just want it to run. &nbsp;The MIME types I've tried are as follows...<br />
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.bat application/batch<br />
.bat application/octet-stream<br />
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Its set to Scripts and Executables in the permissions as well. &nbsp;How can I get it to just ran the .bat file and not ask for download?<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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Demegus1
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I'm trying to develop a site that will call a .bat file on a network share.  The virtual directory is in place, and I can browse it.  Whenever one of the .bat files in the share is accessed, the browser (in the case of firefox) asks if I want to save it.  I just want it to run.  The MIME types I've tried are as follows...

.bat application/batch
.bat application/octet-stream

Its set to Scripts and Executables in the permissions as well.  How can I get it to just ran the .bat file and not ask for download?

Thanks,

Demegus1

IIS 6 doesn't run .bat file.

Web browsers are applications used primarily to display documents, files and media from the Internet, identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that can be a page, image, video or other file. Some browsers require the use of add-ons or extensions to safely render the information they receive; others have systems built into them to perform the same functions.

Web Browsers

Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.

Windows Batch

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.