Open any program from cmd in python [duplicate]

Question

I want to open a program located at a specific path in Python but I am getting this error:

Error in cmd: The system cannot find the file steam.exe

import os
os.system('start steam.exe "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam"')

Zack Walton · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-26 20:58:40Z

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use subprocess:

import subprocess

subprocess.call(['D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\\steam.exe'])

answered Oct 26, 2022 at 20:58

Zack Walton

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