flash actionscript: Look into fscommand in flash help. If not, check out flashjester.com,
they have great tools for local deployment. HTH.

-J

I am trying to build a launcher menu thing for a CD-ROM to have buttons to
launch certain webpages and programs on the CD with a basic .exe export. How
do I make a button open a program directly without going through a web browser
using the getURL(). Hopefully this is the right place for the post Im pretty
new at this. Thanks!

You use the fscommand function with an exec parameter.
Be aware though, that all executables called (or batch files) need to reside in the fscommand subdirectory.
Good luck