Open a desktop app by clicking on a link on the browser

Question

I want to enable the user to open a certain software on his desktop when he clicks the link on the browser, as shown on the image above.

I am a ware of the security issue, and also I am assuming the user has this software installed on his machine. What is the best way to achieve this?

OS: windows.

Answer 1

If it's only on your own machine you could consider registering an URI scheme, so instead of having it link to http://something you use something like openMyApp://blabla

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/internet-explorer/ie-developer/platform-apis/aa767914(v=vs.85)?redirectedfrom=MSDN