# How to start multiple project specific designer sessions at once (batch file)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81\ **Created:** [February 26, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-start-multiple-project-specific-designer-sessions-at-once-batch-file/102947 "2025-02-26T22:40:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leor\_Fishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Leor\_Fishman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Leor_Fishman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-start-multiple-project-specific-designer-sessions-at-once-batch-file/102947/21 "2025-02-27T13:16:29Z")
the CLI util as representative of the general class of 'things launchable via curl, i.e. just with get requests to specific addresses' ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-start-multiple-project-specific-designer-sessions-at-once-batch-file/102947/22 "2025-02-27T13:17:47Z")
Ok, well in that case, no - you can't launch a Designer with `curl`. You can put `designer://localhost:8088` into a _browser_, which is paying attention to custom URL protocol handlers registered with your system. But `curl` doesn't care. ```python kevin@DV-kevin ~ [127]> curl designer://localhost:8088 curl: (1) Protocol "designer" not supported ``` ---
**Author:** ![Leor\_Fishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@Leor\_Fishman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Leor_Fishman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-start-multiple-project-specific-designer-sessions-at-once-batch-file/102947/23 "2025-02-27T13:18:33Z")
> [@paul-griffith](#): > > or from a CLI by just asking the OS to open/launch the given URL. Interesting, what does this mean then? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-start-multiple-project-specific-designer-sessions-at-once-batch-file/102947/24 "2025-02-27T13:19:38Z")
On a linux system you might run something like `xdg-open designer://localhost:8088` and it might open a browser to that URL, or use the registered URL handler to try to open a Designer (Launcher?). ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-start-multiple-project-specific-designer-sessions-at-once-batch-file/102947/25 "2025-02-27T13:43:38Z")
> [@michael.flagler](#): > > but the main list can't be re-arranged or anything to organize it It can of you edit the designer launcher's json config 🙂 I recently renamed all of my connections into a standard format: DEV/PROD\_CUSTOMER\_HOSTNAME\_SOMEOTHERSTUFF and then sorted via python, and it's actually not so bad to use in list mode now ---
**Author:** ![ironyeti1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ironyeti1/32/36635_2.png) [@ironyeti1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ironyeti1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-start-multiple-project-specific-designer-sessions-at-once-batch-file/102947/26 "2026-04-13T14:10:00Z")
Following up on this for 8.1 or Mac users… I went down the deep-link rabbit hole but was unsuccessful and opened a support ticket with IA (177260). If you're on 8.1 deep-linking to a specific project isn't fully implemented yet — it'll open the Designer Launcher but won't actually load the project. IA is aware and said they'll follow up when that changes. For 8.3 users it does work, and if you're on macOS Tahoe there was a specific deep-link bug fixed in 8.3.5 (IGN-15850): [Nightly 8.3 Changelogs - 2026 and beyond - #58 by system](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/nightly-8-3-changelogs-2026-and-beyond/113010/58) ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-start-multiple-project-specific-designer-sessions-at-once-batch-file/102947/27 "2026-04-13T15:28:25Z")
> [@ironyeti1](#): > > IA is aware and said they'll follow up when that changes. To be clear, 8.1 is _never_ going to get deep linking directly into a project in the designer launcher. [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-start-multiple-project-specific-designer-sessions-at-once-batch-file/102947.md?page=1)