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Kodi 19 alternative for Advanced Launcher - tms1987 - 2021-02-21

Hello everyone,

I'm just upgrading my Kodi versions on Windows. Most of my most used apps are already able to work with Kodi 19, expect of "Advanced User" which seems not to be supported or updated quite a time. I have used that app for starting an external software (.exe file).
Is there any alternative which I can use with Kodi 19?

RE: Kodi 19 alternative for Advanced Launcher - tms1987 - 2021-02-21

(2021-02-21, 14:43)tms1987 Wrote: Advanced User

Sorry, typo: It must be "Advanced Launcher"

RE: Kodi 19 alternative for Advanced Launcher - RobbieWilkes - 2021-03-17

(2021-02-21, 14:48)tms1987 Wrote:
(2021-02-21, 14:43)tms1987 Wrote: Advanced User

Sorry, typo: It must be "Advanced Launcher"
Testing out Kodi 19 myself, and am running into this same roadblock.  Did you ever find an alternative?

RE: Kodi 19 alternative for Advanced Launcher - Wintermute0110 - 2021-03-18

You have Advanced Emulator Launcher, developed over the last 4 years. It does not work in Matrix yet, but you can use it on Leia and Krypton.

RE: Kodi 19 alternative for Advanced Launcher - tms1987 - 2021-03-18

(2021-03-17, 23:59)RobbieWilkes Wrote:
(2021-02-21, 14:48)tms1987 Wrote:
(2021-02-21, 14:43)tms1987 Wrote: Advanced User

Sorry, typo: It must be "Advanced Launcher"
Testing out Kodi 19 myself, and am running into this same roadblock.  Did you ever find an alternative?
No, I didn't find any alternative. As I only wanted to start two programs on my Windows PC, I wrote my own Kodi app which is just opening a hard-coded .exe-file on my PC:

import subprocess
import xbmc

child = subprocess.call([r"C:\Users\...\....exe", "-k"])

RE: Kodi 19 alternative for Advanced Launcher - copernic75 - 2021-03-19

I'd like to write a script to launch retroarch from kodi for my son... do you have some clue? (kodi 19 ubuntu 20.04)

RE: Kodi 19 alternative for Advanced Launcher - RobbieWilkes - 2021-06-05

(2021-03-19, 13:09)copernic75 Wrote: I'd like to write a script to launch retroarch from kodi for my son... do you have some clue? (kodi 19 ubuntu 20.04)

Hey, I'm moving to Kodi Matrix now, and, as others have mentioned, Advanced Emulator Launcher does work like Advanced Launcher did, with only slight differences.  You can just create a launcher for RetroArch in AEL, and set it as a favorite, and then add that Favorite as a menu item in Kodi.  Let me know if you need additional guidance.