# Is there a way to view a list of projects for Vision without having to go to the gateway and install the Vision client launcher?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [November 29, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-view-a-list-of-projects-for-vision-without-having-to-go-to-the-gateway-and-install-the-vision-client-launcher/67036 "2022-11-29T16:30:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![rahman.tarek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@rahman.tarek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rahman.tarek)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-view-a-list-of-projects-for-vision-without-having-to-go-to-the-gateway-and-install-the-vision-client-launcher/67036/1 "2022-11-29T16:30:44Z")

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Currently I have to either download designer and launch the project or and install the vision client launcher to launch projects. is there a better way to directly see the list of projects and launch it instead of installing designer or vision client launcher?

Thanks

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**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:** [November 29, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-view-a-list-of-projects-for-vision-without-having-to-go-to-the-gateway-and-install-the-vision-client-launcher/67036/2 "2022-11-29T16:38:52Z")

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> [@rahman.tarek](#):
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> is there a better way to directly see the list of projects and launch it instead of installing designer or vision client launcher?

Technically, you can get a list of projects at [http://localhost:8088/system/projectlist](http://localhost:8088/system/projectlist), but you need to use the Vision Client Launcher to launch anything.

(I believe only projects with a Main Window will be listed in the XML returned by that endpoint)

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**Author:** ![rahman.tarek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@rahman.tarek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rahman.tarek)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-view-a-list-of-projects-for-vision-without-having-to-go-to-the-gateway-and-install-the-vision-client-launcher/67036/3 "2022-11-29T17:35:46Z")

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I see. I have installed the vision client launcher on a bunch of shop floor PCs but it seems for every user i need to add the gateway url to the vision client launcher.

Like if a new user logs in to the computer the vision client launcher does not have anything in 'My applications'. Is there a way to circumvent this?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/b/a/ba7f1228f2b8f82afa542583bbce8c36801f08b9.png)

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-view-a-list-of-projects-for-vision-without-having-to-go-to-the-gateway-and-install-the-vision-client-launcher/67036/4 "2022-11-29T18:35:34Z")

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Deploy for all users, and use the launcher's config file option (in the shared launch shortcut) to point at a shared config file.