[Bedwyr]

I am using the kodi V17.6 with a fresh install of Windows 7 other than that whatever I change I still see the same behavior.

I used the xbmc launcher to and still no luck, this can be solved with some tweaks on my end but I think these are basic features that should be addressed.

Also another issue I noticed is when I run steam games via steam.exe e.g. using steam.exe as the launcher and adding the steam app id via arguments, AEL waits for steam to close which it doesn't and I can't run other games except if I log out and relog

You need to create a wrapper BAT/CMD file and then download an utility that allows you to maximize/minimize/give focus to Windows applications. Search in the thread, the solution is here (although I don't remember where). In google put at the end of the search site:forum.kodi.tv to restrict your searches to the Kodi forum only.  

 Is this a viable method to run Windows apps (from the MS store) using the particular method described here: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...675?auth=1


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