diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2311e79..bb86610 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ $ ./vortex-linux setConfig STEAM_RUNTIME_PATH $HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/commo
 {
   "STEAM_RUNTIME_PATH": "/home/pikdum/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper"
 }
+$ ./vortex-linux protonRunUrl https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/85473c45-8d91-48cb-ab41-86ec7abc1000/83cd0c82f0cde9a566bae4245ea5a65b/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.16-win-x64.exe /q
+Running: /tmp/windowsdesktop-runtime-6.0.16-win-x64.exe /q
+...
 $ ./vortex-linux installVortex vortex-setup-1.8.3.exe
 ...
 $ ./vortex-linux setupVortexDesktop
diff --git a/src/lib/proton.js b/src/lib/proton.js
index 585630a..22d6c32 100644
--- a/src/lib/proton.js
+++ b/src/lib/proton.js
@@ -100,3 +100,32 @@ export const setProton = (protonBuild) => {
     console.error("Error setting Proton:", error);
   }
 };
+
+export const protonRunUrl = async (downloadUrl, args) => {
+  const tempFilePath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), path.basename(downloadUrl));
+
+  let command = tempFilePath;
+  if (args) {
+    command += ` ${args}`;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    // Download the file
+    const response = await fetch(downloadUrl);
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Failed to download file (${response.status} ${response.statusText})`
+      );
+    }
+    await pipelineAsync(response.body, fs.createWriteStream(tempFilePath));
+
+    // Run protonRun with the command
+    console.log(`Running: ${command}`);
+    await protonRun(command);
+  } finally {
+    // Clean up the temporary file
+    if (fs.existsSync(tempFilePath)) {
+      fs.unlinkSync(tempFilePath);
+    }
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index fe7a834..f70d638 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { program } from "commander";
 
-import { downloadProton, setProton } from "./lib/proton.js";
+import { downloadProton, setProton, protonRunUrl } from "./lib/proton.js";
 import {
   downloadVortex,
   installVortex,
@@ -84,4 +84,11 @@ program
     console.log(JSON.stringify(getConfig(), null, 2));
   });
 
+program
+  .command("protonRunUrl <downloadUrl> [args]")
+  .description("Download and run an .exe")
+  .action(async (downloadUrl, args) => {
+    await protonRunUrl(downloadUrl, args);
+  });
+
 program.parse(process.argv);