# Launch Perspective Session from Designer Failing

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-perspective-session-from-designer-failing/52784>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [November 5, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-perspective-session-from-designer-failing/52784 "2021-11-05T16:29:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-perspective-session-from-designer-failing/52784/1 "2021-11-05T16:29:40Z")

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Has anyone had any problems with launching a session from the designer either by tools → Launch Perspective → Launch Session OR right-clicking a page configuration and selecting launch URL?

I am running 8.1.11 (b2021101912) and I cannot launch a session at all from the Designer, no error message, no logs in the gateway, just nothing.

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-perspective-session-from-designer-failing/52784/2 "2021-11-07T18:10:14Z")

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What browser is configured as the default browser for the machine in use? When you attempt to open a session, we pass that request off to the default browser - at that point there would be no more communication with the Gateway until the browser succeeds in opening the session; no session means no communication, which means no logging.

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**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2021, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-perspective-session-from-designer-failing/52784/3 "2021-11-07T20:57:23Z")

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Chrome is the default browser. And I have confirmed that it is set to that under default apps in windows.

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**Author:** ![cmallonee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmallonee/32/6416_2.png) [@cmallonee](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmallonee)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-perspective-session-from-designer-failing/52784/4 "2021-11-08T00:57:00Z")

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What happens if you copy the URL you’re trying to launch (right click the page configuration) and paste it into your browser? Do you end up on the expected page?

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**Author:** ![jacob.ramirez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@jacob.ramirez](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jacob.ramirez)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/launch-perspective-session-from-designer-failing/52784/5 "2021-11-08T01:09:25Z")

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Yes that works fine.