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Protocol handler handles the well defined or custom url protocol like myprotocol://SomeFolder/SomePage

The protocol handler can be registred by application like email client, torrent application, skype application and thus the application can be open from web by clicking on the link.

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Office protocol handler failing after opening taskpane addin

There is some very strange behavior occuring with protocol handlers and taskpane addins from newer office versions. I've done extensive testing and found that if I have a protocol url such…
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custom protocol handler to launch IE - inconsistent results

I am facing an issue in making the custom protocol handler to launch IE behave correctly. Here is what i am trying to do: I have my webpage that that users are required to access in chrome. The page has links to some external web-applications. These…
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How to load an icon from a modern app (say MS Edge) by resource reference?

I am trying to load name and icon for the application, that handles HTTP protocol (Microsoft Edge). Both appear under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppXq0fevzme2pys62n3e0fbqa7peapykr8v Icon:…
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Creating protocol handler in new Firefox?

I just came to know that Forefox no longer support XPCOM component for creating extensions .. I want to create an extension which will handle my protocol which will collect information from different sources via my NPRUNTIME plugin and render…
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register protocol handler for a transport protocol in Linux kernel

I'm trying to implement the QUIC protocol in the Linux kernel. Since QUIC is working on top of UDP, I've been using the UDP code as a learning base. Now I want to register the protocol handler for the QUIC protocol but I don't understand how and…
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Windows 8 protocol handler limitations

When trying to register a custom protocol handler (like mailto etc.) I found out that there seem to be some limitations on Windows 8 concerning the length of the URL scheme string. The official standard says that a URL scheme must look like…
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Detecting protocol handler with Javascript

Foreword: I am not a Windows/software developer. I am just a Web Dev with Javascript skills, so I know that I may not understand the ins and outs of protocol handlers. I am part of a team that has created a piece of software that installs a protocol…
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Handling opening of files and URLs in Python application packaged by PyInstaller

Say I have developed an application Awesome and deployed it onto a user machine with an artefact made with PyInstaller. Let's just consider the Mac OS X artefact for now, Awesome.app. During the installation process, Awesome.app is registered to…
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Security Error when loading local files in own protocol handler

I'm creating Firefox addon that registers new protocol which should provide HTML to Firefox from file stored on disk (generated by binary exe). I have problem with images in tags and (probably) css styles that refer to local file. They aren't load…
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How to get the TCM custom protocol handler working in Internet Explorer 64-bit?

One of the features of Tridion I use a lot is its "protocol handler". For those not familiar with that feature: if you paste the TCM URI (e.g. tcm:1-23-32) into the address bar of Internet Explorer on a machine where Tridion Content Manager is…
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How can I tell from what application a URL my program handles was opened in Windows 10?

I have implemented a basic Python program that handles HTTP/HTTPS protocol links using the registry details here, and set it as my default browser. This functions; when clicking a link in an application (other than my browser), my application is…
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The program name is not shown with protocol handler in Windows 7

Following this page, I could make "alert" protocol handler with Windows 7. The registry setup is exactly the same as instructed in the page. The problem is that the Program is not shown on dialog boxes both for IE and FF. The protocol handler…
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Office protocol handler works with Office 2019, but not with Office 2016

On an Intranet web page, I have a link to an Excel document that resides on a network drive, like so: ms-excel:ofv|u|file:///N:/folder/file.xlsx This is an office protocol handler described here. On computers with Office 2019 installed, the Excel…
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How secure is data passed via Custom Protocol Handler?

Let's say you set up a custom protocol handler to run an application with some startup data, right? myapp:\\somedata How secure is that data? I'm having trouble finding any resources talking about: Do browsers cache this data? Can other…
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.NET How to debug Application protocol handler?

I am creating application protocol handler using MSDN article https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767914(v=vs.85).aspx but i can't debug my code. Please help me in how to debug the code. note the application is launched from the browser using…
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