Allows you to open any application on your computer from a simple URI.
This app was created as a way to open Chrome from a URL even though IE was the default browser.
Simply download the app and run it to install. It registers itself as a URI Scheme handler with Windows.
Create a URI with the following format:
anyapp://chrome:https@example.com:8042/over/there/index.htm?type=animal \____/ \____/ \___/ \_________/ \__/ | | | | | scheme app new host port name scheme
Note: The above example of a URI was based on the URI scheme wiki page.
The above URI is converted to this new URI:
https://example.com:8042/over/there/index.htm?type=animal
Chrome is then opened with the new URI as the argument; opening the website.
This is based of the default conversion format and configuration.
<applicationSection>
<applications>
<add
name="chrome"
path="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Chrome.exe"
pathType="1"/>
</applications>
</applicationSection>To open the same website in Internet Explorer, add an "ie" application to the config file then use the following link:
anyapp://ie:https@example.com:8042/over/there/index.htm?type=animal