# Is there a way Open and Close the app under test?

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/is-there-a-way-open-and-close-the-app-under-test/32734>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 7, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/is-there-a-way-open-and-close-the-app-under-test/32734 "2021-01-07T16:32:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/aleksei/32/6267_2.png) [@Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Aleksei)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/is-there-a-way-open-and-close-the-app-under-test/32734/2 "2021-01-07T17:12:39Z")

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there is no problem with “driver.launchApp();” for us. looks like problem in your capabilities when you start test. we use above with normal app start. our start cases are -\> [Different capabilities for different scenarios](https://discuss.appium.io/t/different-capabilities-for-different-scenarios/16694/3)

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