How to launch an application from a browser?

Question

.NET

Interested in how these things work: samp://192.168.1.1 or skype:echo123?call ? And is it possible and how to fasten an analogue for your .NET application?

Answer 1

Samp, skype, magnet and so on are external protocols.
Here is an example of how to associate a protocol with your application: www.linux.org.ru/forum/desktop/7554286

Answer 2

in IE it's called Pluggable protocol
msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj650247(v=vs.85).aspx