# Ignition Gateway Home "Get Designer" button not changing to "Launch Designer"

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-home-get-designer-button-not-changing-to-launch-designer/33895>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-home-get-designer-button-not-changing-to-launch-designer/33895 "2020-04-13T18:36:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![andreiguias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@andreiguias](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andreiguias)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-home-get-designer-button-not-changing-to-launch-designer/33895/1 "2020-04-13T18:36:54Z")

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Using Ignition Version 8.0.10, the designer is downloaded, installed and running properly, but the “Get Designer” button on the Ignition Gateway Home would not change to “Launch Designer”.  
Am I missing a step here?

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**Author:** ![jcoffman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jcoffman/32/6429_2.png) [@jcoffman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jcoffman)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-home-get-designer-button-not-changing-to-launch-designer/33895/2 "2020-04-13T18:40:18Z")

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The Designer doesn’t launch directly from the homepage since Java WebStart was removed from the jdk in version 9. The downloaded Designer Launcher is an executable that you run like any other program which manages and launches the designers for 1 or more gateways.

For more information, refer to the [documentation](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/Designer+Launcher#DesignerLauncher-DownloadandInstall)

Hope that helps,  
Jonathan C

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**Author:** ![andreiguias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@andreiguias](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andreiguias)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-gateway-home-get-designer-button-not-changing-to-launch-designer/33895/3 "2020-04-13T18:54:03Z")

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Some of the videos that I am watching on Inductive University are showing the “Launch Designer” button, so I was wondering if I am missing something.  
Your answer explained perfectly what is happening.  
Thank you!