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How to launch an EXE from Web page (asp.net)

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This is an internal web application where we would like the Web pages to contain links to several utilities that are Win32 EXE. The EXEs are trusted and produced by us. (don’t care if it asks if its ok to Run or Save). I tried direct link (e.g. C:notepad.exe) which works locally only. (This will be a share on the network). Tried File:/// and did not work.
IE7 is the browser needed.

Change Password Control RegEx validating oddly in IE 7 only

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I’m using the Asp.net change password control in my application and all seems to be find and dandy until a user tells me she has a problem meeting the strength requirements when changing her password. Looking into this, she is using IE 7 and no matter what she puts in, the validation fails (and ONLY in IE 7. Firefox, IE 8, Chrome etc. all work as expected). Here is the regex i’m using: