Launch Chrome Browser from Internet Explorer

Launch Chrome browser from Internet Explorer

By default, a browser cannot launch another program (plugins and extensions being possible exceptions). If they could, imagine the havoc some malicious user could get up to.

I don't think there's going to be a great answer for this, but you could make a .bat file that opens chrome to a particular URL (assuming you're using Windows), download that and click on it after it downloads.

Here is a useful answer in that case.

You could also (theoretically) make an extension or lower the security settings on IE to allow ActiveX controls. Here's a partial solution. I tried to make something similar a while back and didn't have much luck, but if you're determined...

Maybe there's a better way that doesn't involve such complicated solutions?

Trying to open a link in IE window from Chrome browser

It looks like IE does not register itself as a URI scheme.

In order for an application (a browser in this case) to listen to a URI-scheme, it needs to be registered in the Registry (for Windows at least). I just ran a small script listing all the registered URI schemes and unlike Edge, I don't see anything that represents Internet Explorer. (I do have it installed).

Of course, the best way would be to avoid Internet Explorer completely since it is deprecated. But if you do stick with it, editing the registry yourself seems the only option.

Launch IE from a link in Chrome

Ok so I did the following which works :

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
   alert
      (Default) = "URL:Alert Protocol"
      URL Protocol = ""
      DefaultIcon
         (Default) = "iexplore.exe,1"
      shell
         open
            command
               (Default) = cmd /k set myvar=%1 & call set myvar=%%myvar:alert:=%% & call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" %%myvar%% & exit /B

Then have your link

<a href="alert:www.google.ie">link</a>

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