---
title: "Application Launch"
category: 10-computer-use
level: basic
stability: stable
description: "Apply application launch in AI agent workflows."
added: "2025-03"
---

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# Application Launch

**Category:** `computer-use`
**Skill Level:** `basic`
**Stability:** `stable`
**Added:** 2025-03

### Description

Open a desktop application by name, path, or system command. Waits for the window to appear before continuing.

### Example

```python
import subprocess
import time
import pygetwindow as gw

# Launch Notepad on Windows
subprocess.Popen(['notepad.exe'])
time.sleep(1)  # wait for window
window = gw.getWindowsWithTitle('Notepad')[0]
window.activate()

# Launch app on macOS
subprocess.Popen(['open', '-a', 'TextEdit'])
```

### Related Skills

- [Window Management](window-management.md)
- [Terminal / Shell Interaction](terminal-interaction.md)
- [Screenshot Capture](screenshot-capture.md)
