Probably a simple question for experienced HTMLers, but I'm not one of them.

I want to create a hyperlink that runs a program with a parameter

eg, I want to run

MYPROGRAM.EXE Y1234

where Y1234 is the parameter.

I've tried;

<p><a href="file://c:\windows\desktop\holidays.exe /Y1234">Run Application</a></p>

but that doesn't work.. please help me..! Is what I'm asking for possible, and if so.. how do you do it..?

(I appreciate that IE etc will pop up something that says 'open' or 'save to disk' when you click on the hyperlink - I can put up with that!)