# Can I execute/open VNC viewer exe from Perspective Client?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [August 21, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-execute-open-vnc-viewer-exe-from-perspective-client/110050 "2025-08-21T16:12:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-execute-open-vnc-viewer-exe-from-perspective-client/110050/13 "2025-08-21T21:58:37Z")

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There’s a resource on the Ignition Exchange that uses NoVNC and the WebDev module in Ignition to do a web based VNC client. I’ve personally modified it to work with some additional changes/features:

> [@Siemens HMI on VNC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/siemens-hmi-on-vnc/104308/4):
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> No guarantees with this as it's not fully tested in the field yet, but seemed to work in-house. I've upgraded noVNC to the latest v1.6.0 version also just in case any improvements there help. Original Exchange Resource that was modified: I've moved configuration/passwords for each connection from being parameters on the URL to extra entries in the hosts.json file and added an option to allow immediate control of the VNC connection. Here's the help I put together for our in-house users: Im…

This has been field tested now and works very well.

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