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complexlogic / big-launcher

A work-in-progress HTPC application launcher
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Issue with launching Netflix application #8

Open sigismund opened 12 months ago

sigismund commented 12 months ago

First thing, kudos for a good idea and even better implementation!

I tried using the big-launcher but I encountered a problem when I added Netflix app to the list. Somehow it takes a couple of seconds for the app to start, and even when the app is running, it somehow starts in the background.

BTW I am using actual Netflix windows app that you can get in Windows Store and am not running it via Chrome.

jocko96b commented 7 months ago

I just came across this app recently and was poking around the issues list and thought I could drop some ideas to try if you are interested. I have been playing with the previous app, Flex-Launcher, where I ran into some weird issues with Windows App Store Apps too.

For Flex-Launcher, I was able to use "start netflix:" (like you can from a command prompt) to get it running. Other Windows Apps (like Disney+, Paramount+, etc) I had to create a batch file for Flex-Launcher to run that then launches the app. You can take a look at my procedures for this here: https://github.com/complexlogic/flex-launcher/issues/49#issuecomment-1835445512.

Again, these things worked for me with Flex-Launcher, and I know complexlogic has moved some things around for big-launcher so I don't know if these fixes will apply anymore, but I thought I would share some knowledge.

Good Luck!