Python: script hangs at subprocess.run()

Question

Whenever I run subprocess.run({file location}) my whole script hangs until I have closed the windows app that I opened with subprocess.run({file location}). The exception doesn't catch it, what should I do?

My code looks like this

def open_app(location):
 try:
 subprocess.run(location)
 except subprocess.SubprocessError as error:
 print(error)

• BTables: What exactly does the file at location do?
• Nicke7117: It means the .exe file location, so for example subprocess.run("C:\{path}\Spotify.exe") will open spotify. @BTables

Answer 1

subprocess.run specifically waits for the process to finish before continuing with the rest of your script. If you want to run it in the background use subprocess.Popen