Actually GE can also open url web address...without turning into web browser. It just opens it like the system would open the url.
Then why it can't open every kind of exe (and other) files?
The biggest reason I'm asking is that I'm building a new security system to my computer. Currently I have only password (which can be removed with terminal (command prompt) or even viewed with unix based boot discs). Then I have also one noobish start up program (my own) which recloses the computer if I don't abort the closing quickly enough. (I set it to 15 seconds)
But with GE I could make an almost hack proof (people could unfortunetaly still access my computer by creating new account from dos and then hacking from that account) security system which would be startup and based on visual confirmation which only I would know. Then when the hacker fails the GE exe would open batch or exe file that just closes the computer. It would be very very secure. Especially when I will find how to disable (or blur) the boot process menus.
Makslane, is the exe limitation planned or is it a bug?