Running external executable in Photoshop CC 2014

I am trying to link my panel buttons to external exe files, but I am having problems. I have tried two main approaches, opening the exe directly and then also running an external javascript file that then opens the exe.
var oShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
var oExec = oShell.Run('D:/PhotoshopExporter.exe');
But the debugger is telling me Uncaught ReferenceError: Wscript is not defined. I tried another method but it gave the same complaint, except regarding ActiveX

I get an "app is not defined" error when I tried your method, so I guess you need more code than just what you supplied in your example.
In any case this works fine and I don't see a reason to do it another way.
var exec = require('child_process').exec;
exec('C:/Windows/notepad.exe');

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