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Ahmed
Ahmed

Reputation: 675

Launch a Windows program from NodeJS

I know this has been answered a couple of times before, but that didn't work for me.

My Code is:

var cp = require("child_process");
cp.exec("C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe");

When I start the JS file with NodeJS it doesn't do anything. Can someone help me with this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1922

Answers (2)

Balaji
Balaji

Reputation: 10997

This question is too old,may be useful for someone

it opens windows calculator(calc.exe)

var childProcess = require('child_process');
childProcess.exec('start calc.exe', function (err, stdout, stderr) {
        if (err) {
        console.error(err);
        return;
    }
    console.log(stdout);
    process.exit(0);// exit process once it is opened
})

Upvotes: 2

mscdex
mscdex

Reputation: 106746

You have to escape your backslashes and quote the path because it contains a space:

var cp = require("child_process");
cp.exec('"C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe"');

Upvotes: 2

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