# Opening Project through Scripting in Ignition 8

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-project-through-scripting-in-ignition-8/35703>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, scripting\
**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-project-through-scripting-in-ignition-8/35703 "2020-06-16T14:13:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![kissamcorrina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba9def/32.png) [@kissamcorrina](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kissamcorrina)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-project-through-scripting-in-ignition-8/35703/1 "2020-06-16T14:13:09Z")

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In Ignition 7 you could use the function system.net.openURL( ) to launch projects through a script. Is there any way to launch Vision clients other than through the Native Client Launcher?

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-project-through-scripting-in-ignition-8/35703/2 "2020-06-16T14:30:36Z")

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Webstart is dead. You’ll need to look into using system.util.execute() with the client laincher.