Yes, if I open the folder where the app is and double tap on it, it launches. 
It’s very strange how some apps don’t launch, and others do.


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> On May 9, 2020, at 1:13 PM, Arnold Schmidt <als5...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Will it launch if you double tap its icon? If so, in my opinion, that would 
> be better than losing a bunch of settings or data if you have to reinstall 
> it. If it will launch, just move its icon to a very easily found place. I 
> assume you have restarted your phone since this problem started. 
> 
> Arnold Schmidt 
> 
> Sent from  Arnold's  iPhone Six
> 
> On May 9, 2020, at 3:38 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nope. Not in the cloud. It’s just that Siri comes back and says she can’t 
> find an app with that name. She even has suggested I spell it, which I have. 
> She still can’t find it. So, I think I have to uninstall. It’s not the only 
> one that won’t be launched by Siri. But it is the one I use a lot that isn’t 
> being launched.
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On May 9, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> Is that app saying something like in the Cloud when you touch the icon?
>>  
>> You may indeed have to start over, which is a pain.
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Richard
>> "There's a nap for that." - an anonymous cat in a window in Portland, Oregon.
>>  
>>  
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mary 
>> Otten
>> Sent: Saturday, May 9, 2020 12:30 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Siri won’t launch apps
>>  
>> Hi Richard,
>> I hadn’t actually tried clearing out the ram, but I did that this morning, 
>> and some apps are still not launching. Others are. I have no idea what could 
>> be going on. I suppose in the case of this one that I really like to use a 
>> lot, I will have to try reinstalling it. That’s kind of a drag, because I 
>> will lose my settings. But it’s better than not being able to launch the app 
>> with Siri.
>>  
>>  
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> 
>> On May 8, 2020, at 9:48 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>  Mary, You probably have already done all this, but have you cleared out 
>> the app switcher, cleared the RAM by holding down the power until it says 
>> power off, releasing the power button, then holding in the home button until 
>> it comes back talking?
>> This sounds like either a resource issue or a network issue, but if the XR 
>> is working correctly, I'm betting on the resource issue.
>>  
>> 
>> Richard
>> Linus to Charlie Brown: "Worrying won't stop the bad stuff from happening, 
>> it just stops you from enjoying the good."
>>  
>> Sent with the iPhone SE 2020
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>>  
>> 
>> 
>> On May 8, 2020, at 9:13 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I have two iPhones, a 7+ and a 10 r. For the past few days, I have noticed 
>> that Siri does not work well on my 7+. Most of the time, abs will not launch 
>> when I ask Siri to launch them. It waits, says just a moment, then 
>> eventually says it can’t do it, or it can’t find a certain app which it has 
>> previously been able to launch. My 10 are is working normally. Both are on 
>> Wi-Fi. I have no idea why this would be happening, except that my 7+ is 
>> running betas, and my 10 are is not. But I haven’t heard of anybody having 
>> this problem with Siri. It’s really a drag, since it’s so much more 
>> efficient to launch apps then it is to go find folders open them and start 
>> double tapping on apps. I’m really disappointed, and I have no idea how to 
>> fix this problem. Except I know I don’t want to update my 10 R, because if 
>> it has the same issue on the new operating system, forget it.
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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