How can I make applications opened by subprocess.Popen() stay open after my script exits?-CodePudding

I want to launch Excel using subprocess.Popen() but my script doesn't work as expected.

The following simple script doesn't work in the way I want it to work. It looks like Excel is terminated immediately when the script ends. What do I need to do to keep it open?

import subprocess
subprocess.Popen(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE')

If I enter the same codes into the interactive shell, it works as expected and Excel stays open.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

CodePudding user response：

you can use the following

import os
os.system("start excel.exe")

CodePudding user response：

import subprocess

subprocess.run(r'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE')

Stays Open Until Exit, Then you get this next line...

CompletedProcess(args='C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE', returncode=0)

If you want to do multiple, then multithreading is your answer.