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I wrote a website to start an application on the server using some VB. Are there any permissions that I need to set up in IIS 7.0 in order to allow the web page to start an app? I'm starting out w/ notepad. Do I need to give it permission to start something in the windows directory?

Thanks, mj

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You realize you won't actually SEE the app without an interactive session? – squillman Jan 11 at 15:14
Everything is on localhost. I'm using the browser on the server. – mj_ Jan 11 at 15:25
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Yes, but IIS is not running in that interactive session. It's running in its own non-interactive session as a service. You won't see a GUI started by a service. – squillman Jan 11 at 15:31
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What's your ultimate goal? Notepad might not be the right thing to start with. You might be better off just executing some simple batch file that will redirect echoed text to a text file or something. – squillman Jan 11 at 15:37
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@mj_ If you consider your problem solved, please post an answer and accept it – Mathias R. Jessen Jan 12 at 1:59
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Squillman's comments above were right on the money.

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