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The definition of a launch is an event at which something, such as an application/program is started.

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Eclipse Helios not launching

I have used Eclipse in the past without problems over a year ago, but I downloaded Helios onto a new computer having Windows Vista and Java 1.6.13 currently. I extract the folder and try to run the Eclipse EXE and get an error stating "Java was…
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How to open external programs in Python

Duplicate edit: no, i did that but it doesnt want to launch firefox. I am making a cortana/siri assistant thing, and I want it to lets say open a web browser when I say something. So I have done the if part, but I just need it to launch firefox.exe…
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Launch JNLP file in MS Edge

I have a ASP.NET site which offers JNLP files for starting Java Web Start applications. I've set them as hrefs in tags to download them. The behaviour I get from different browsers varies: IE11: Auto launch Firefox (45): Auto launch Chrome…
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How to launch Telegram app from my own android application?

I have an android app that should be able to open a chat in the telegram app by pressing a button. I want to open an existing robot chat page DIRECTLY from my app. I have a valid token for my robot. How can this be achieved? Thanks in advance. robot…
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In Eclipse, how to have launch configurations relative to the project?

I usually have multiple copies of a project, for example: a copy of the trunk and another of the last release branch. To cleanly separate my project files from Eclipse, they are checked out from Subversion in a directory outside the Eclipse…
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Launch app from link, if no app then go to download app from web

So I'm looking to launch a mobile app when a web page is landed on. I've seen this done and all is great there (see code below with Facebook and Pandora as an example). But I'm looking for a logic check to route the user one way or the other…
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android - launch an activity of another app to get it's result

I have two applications, A and B. From A, I'm launching B for a result, using the following code: Intent fmIntent = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.example.B"); fmIntent.putExtra("hello", "world"); startActivityForResult(fmIntent,…
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How to check JRE version prior to launch?

What's the best way to determine if the version of the JRE installed on a machine is high enough for the application which the user wants to run? Is there a way of doing it using java-only stuff? I'd like the solution to work on Windows/Linux/MacOSX…
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Spyder 5 won't launch

I just downloaded Spyder 5 using conda upgrade anaconda conda install spyder=5.0.0 However, after installation when I launch Spyder from the Windows menu, I see a pop up indicating that Spyder 5 is launching. However, after a few seconds the popup…
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Gnome 3 and .desktop files - What exactly does "Allow/Disallow lauching do"?

I know that when creating a .desktop file, one can set the metadata::trusted as true and false, in order to be able to launch the icon as an executable. What is intriguing me however is the fact that: When right-clicking on the .desktop file and…
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Where are the external tools launch configurations in Eclipse

I usually install and uninstall different versions of Eclipse for fun. I don't want to install many plugins. I prefer to start with fresh install to test the IDE. The problems comes when I have to config all the external tools that I always use…
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XCTest UI Testing - How to close and open an app without relaunch?

I want to make my app to go to background, and then comeback to the foreground. To make an app to go background: XCUIDevice.shared().press(XCUIDeviceButton.home) To terminate an app(force tap): XCUIApplication().terminate() To launch the app:…
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Private func didFinishLaunchingWithOptions not being called? (Swift 3)

Isn't didFinishLaunchingWithOptions supposed to be called when the app starts running for the first time? I set a breakpoint at this method and when I run the app in the simulator the breakpoint doesn't get hit, which means the method doesn't get…
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Launch Android SDK manager - Tools directory doesn't exist? Mac

I'm on mac, I think I've done everything right so far. following these instructions: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/adding-packages.html it says to navigate to tools/ directory in terminal. Here are my steps. Open terminal cd…
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Launch image doesn't update

I'm using Xcode 4.3.1. Adding launch image is pretty simple -- just drag the image to the Project->Summary->Launch Images window. So I set a launch image before and it worked. But when I dragged a different image and run the app on my iPhone again,…
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