External Application Launcher
Run any external application with custom arguments from the browser toolbar or context menu to send links, text and more
What is External Application Launcher?
'External Application Launcher' is an Edge extension that offers the possibility to define toolbar buttons or context menu items for executing external applications. It can be used to send webpage data, selected text, or image URLs to other browsers, text editors, photo editors, or download managers. Please note, a minimal native client needs to be manually installed for functioning.
Add-on stats
By: Bermet
Rating: 4.00
(1)
Creation date: 2021-05-09
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- activeTab
- storage
- contextMenus
- nativeMessaging
- downloads
- notifications
- declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
- scripting
Size: 161.97K
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
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# 4126 ▼ 4
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Add-on summary
"External Application Button" extension allows you to define customizable toolbar button and context menu items that can execute external executables by passing command-line arguments of your choice. Using this application, for instance, you can send the current page to another browser or send selected text to a text editor. It is even possible to directly send image URLs to a photo editor of your choice or send download links to an external download manager!
Note that for this application to work, there is a minimal native client that needs to be installed manually.
User reviews
It does work, although there's a lack of documentation as to how to exactly set up certain commands, if you're not that familiar with command line.
It took about 20 minutes but eventually I got it to successfully execute an "Everything" (the search app) search for the text I had highlighted in the browser. Very useful.
Thanks!
by Bradford, 2023-02-16
Add-on safety
Risk impact
External Application Launcher requires very minimum permissions.
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