I want to open an already opened app in Python

Question

I'm writing a simple program in Python and I need to change windows in which the application works multiple times. I could use pyautogui.click(x, y); to click on the taskbar but thats not efficent enough.

Is there anyway I can do it with a command like: open('appname') or: summon('appname')

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

you using GUI without Tkinter? very interesting. you need to open program with python script? try:

import os

# If program isnt in a folder with script

os.system("start LETTER:\\Path\\To\\Program")

# If program in a folder with a script or program is a command in command line

os.system("start ProgramName")

With it you can launch any program without limit (if you have a good CPU, GPU and RAM :D)

Answer 2

Welcome to 2022!

You can simply make use of PYPI module AppOpener.

# pip install AppOpener
from AppOpener import run
run("whatsapp") #Opens whatsapp if installed
run("whatsapp, telegram") # Opens whatsapp & telegram

Here, no matters if program is open or not module will open the application .