Exec function won't work for me unless i use PhpED

[mu123guy]

hi guys. i'm new to php and Apache and i have a problem.

i'm trying to execute an exe file that i have in my folder, and the code i use is

echo exec('test.exe');

i have tried using this with and without the ".exe." and still no luck. i have also tried using a different path

echo exec('C:\Windows\System32\mspaint');

now these codes work when i run them from my php editor(PhpED), bun when i try running it on Apache it gets stuck. (just shows the web page as loading with no end.

please help me out. i'm guessing it something with security.

also if there is any other code i can use please let me know (i have also tried using system)

[trq]

This exe doesn't happen to execute a desktop application does it? Apache doesn't have permission to do that.

[mu123guy]

Hi. thank you for the response. is there any way to make Apache  it allow it? or any other function that can do so? what my problem is, is i have installed a certain program that i want to be able to run by clicking on a button on a website. any way i could do that?