Running command Wscript.shell ActiveX in Javascript

Question

I have a webpage that needs to run a program by ActiveX with some parameters.
I get those parameters with the following bit of JavaScript:

var var1 = getUrlParameter("par1", false);
var var2 = getUrlParameter("par2", false);
var var3 = getUrlParameter("par3", true);
var var4 = getUrlParameter("par4", true);

I'm creating a new ActiveX Object:

MyObject = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell")

Then I need to run a command, I've tried several options with double and single quotes but nothing works. Sometimes the program isn't started at all, sometimes the variables aren't getting through. I've tried:

MyObject.Run(""C:\\Path with\\some spaces\\program.exe" D:\\pathtoafile /PARAM:/para1="+var1+"\,/para2="+var2+"\,/para3="+var3+"\,/para4=\""+var4+"\"");
MyObject.Run('"C:\\Path with\\some spaces\\program.exe" D:\\pathtoafile /PARAM:/para1="+var1+"\,/para2="+var2+"\,/para3="+var3+"\,/para4=\""+var4+"\"');
MyObject.Run("'C:\\Path with\\some spaces\\program.exe' D:\\pathtoafile /PARAM:/para1="+var1+"\,/para2="+var2+"\,/para3="+var3+"\,/para4=\""+var4+"\"");

I think you should rename your variables as I suspect they are not valid names. Try maybe p1, p2, p3, p4 instead for example. Also if this is being run from a webpage I would expect that the WScript.Shell ActiveX object is blocked as an un-safe object. Otherwise a malicious website could run any command on your system. — AeroX
– AeroX, Commented Dec 29, 2014 at 10:44
In addition what AeroX has said: ActiveXes work in IE only if allowed (I wouldn't allow any web-page to run ActiveXes though). — Teemu
– Teemu, Commented Dec 29, 2014 at 10:52
ActiveX is allowed. I test it with "alert" that's how i can see when the vars are passed through. — Dnns
– Dnns, Commented Dec 29, 2014 at 11:00

Dnns · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-29 12:51:57Z

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After some more hours of trying if found it!

MyObject.Run('"C:\\Path with\\some spaces\\program.exe"' + " " + "D:\\pathtoafile" + " " +  "/PARAM:/para1="+var1+"\,/para2="+var2+"\,/para3="+var3+"\,/para4=\""+var4+"\"");

answered Dec 29, 2014 at 12:51

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