From 06735c07d0beb5c8737f406157369d8d9998cdd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Clary <9618975+mrclary@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:43:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue where process failed to start on Windows. The
 subprocess command should not use "start" because this will launch another
 cmd window. The appropriate command is "cmd".

---
 src/spyder_updater/gui/updater.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/spyder_updater/gui/updater.py b/src/spyder_updater/gui/updater.py
index 1bcb70a..38076fc 100644
--- a/src/spyder_updater/gui/updater.py
+++ b/src/spyder_updater/gui/updater.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ def start_install(self):
 
         # Final command assembly
         if os.name == 'nt':
-            cmd = ['start', '"Update Spyder"'] + sub_cmd
+            cmd = ['cmd', '/c'] + sub_cmd
         elif sys.platform == "darwin":
             cmd = [shutil.which("zsh")] + sub_cmd
         else: