Katalon Unable to create a new remote session error even though the application starts

I am trying to run a .cmd which in turn opens a .exe file from a folder with a .xml environment in another folder.

  1. Katalon does open the .cmd file and it looks like it is running however i am getting this error:

    Unable to create a new remote session. Please check the server log for more details. Original error: Failed to locate opened application window with appId: C:\Chess-Dynamics\2104-C2\2104-C2\JamieQinetiQTest.cmd, and processId: 3356 (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
    Command duration or timeout: 2.43 seconds
    Build info: version: ‘3.141.59’, revision: ‘e82be7d358’, time: ‘2018-11-14T08:25:53’
    System info: host: ‘CDLH-SANDERSON’, ip: ‘10.0.0.196’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0_181’
    Driver info: driver.version: WindowsDriver
    Build info: version: ‘3.141.59’, revision: ‘e82be7d358’, time: ‘2018-11-14T08:25:53’
    System info: host: ‘CDLH-SANDERSON’, ip: ‘10.0.0.196’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0_181’
    Driver info: driver.version: WindowsDriver (Root cause: org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create a new remote session. Please check the server log for more details. Original error: Failed to locate opened application window with appId: C:\Chess-Dynamics\2104-C2\2104-C2\JamieQinetiQTest.cmd, and processId: 3356 (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
    Command duration or timeout: 2.43 seconds
    Build info: version: ‘3.141.59’, revision: ‘e82be7d358’, time: ‘2018-11-14T08:25:53’
    System info: host: ‘CDLH-SANDERSON’, ip: ‘10.0.0.196’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0_181’
    Driver info: driver.version: WindowsDriver
    Build info: version: ‘3.141.59’, revision: ‘e82be7d358’, time: ‘2018-11-14T08:25:53’
    System info: host: ‘CDLH-SANDERSON’, ip: ‘10.0.0.196’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0_181’
    Driver info: driver.version: WindowsDriver
    at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor$1.createSession(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:208)
    at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.createSession(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:217)
    at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.execute(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:239)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:552)
    at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.execute(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:42)
    at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.execute(AppiumDriver.java:1)
    at io.appium.java_client.windows.WindowsDriver.execute(WindowsDriver.java:1)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:213)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:131)
    at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:38)
    at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:84)
    at io.appium.java_client.windows.WindowsDriver.(WindowsDriver.java:38)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.driver.WindowsDriverFactory.newWindowsDriver(WindowsDriverFactory.java:194)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.driver.WindowsDriverFactory.startApplication(WindowsDriverFactory.java:112)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.driver.WindowsDriverFactory.startApplication(WindowsDriverFactory.java:96)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.driver.WindowsDriverFactory$startApplication.call(Unknown Source)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.builtin.StartApplicationKeyword$_startApplication_closure1.doCall(StartApplicationKeyword.groovy:32)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.builtin.StartApplicationKeyword$_startApplication_closure1.doCall(StartApplicationKeyword.groovy)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordMain.runKeyword(KeywordMain.groovy:77)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordMain$runKeyword.call(Unknown Source)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.builtin.StartApplicationKeyword.startApplication(StartApplicationKeyword.groovy:31)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.builtin.StartApplicationKeyword.execute(StartApplicationKeyword.groovy:27)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordExecutor.executeKeywordForPlatform(KeywordExecutor.groovy:73)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.WindowsBuiltinKeywords.startApplication(WindowsBuiltinKeywords.java:34)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.WindowsBuiltinKeywords$startApplication.call(Unknown Source)
    at Run Jamie QinetiQ Test cmd.run(Run Jamie QinetiQ Test cmd:18)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.run(ScriptEngine.java:194)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.main.ScriptEngine.runScriptAsRawText(ScriptEngine.java:119)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.runScript(TestCaseExecutor.java:339)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.doExecute(TestCaseExecutor.java:330)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.processExecutionPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:309)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.accessMainPhase(TestCaseExecutor.java:301)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseExecutor.execute(TestCaseExecutor.java:235)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:114)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain.runTestCase(TestCaseMain.java:105)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.main.TestCaseMain$runTestCase$0.call(Unknown Source)
    at TempTestCase1605090903401.run(TempTestCase1605090903401.groovy:25)
    Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor$1.createSession(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:186)
    at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.createSession(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:217)
    at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.execute(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:239)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:552)
    at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.execute(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:42)
    at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.execute(AppiumDriver.java:1)
    at io.appium.java_client.windows.WindowsDriver.execute(WindowsDriver.java:1)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:213)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:131)
    at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:38)
    at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.(AppiumDriver.java:84)
    at io.appium.java_client.windows.WindowsDriver.(WindowsDriver.java:38)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.driver.WindowsDriverFactory.newWindowsDriver(WindowsDriverFactory.java:194)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.driver.WindowsDriverFactory.startApplication(WindowsDriverFactory.java:112)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.driver.WindowsDriverFactory.startApplication(WindowsDriverFactory.java:96)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.driver.WindowsDriverFactory$startApplication.call(Unknown Source)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.builtin.StartApplicationKeyword$_startApplication_closure1.doCall(StartApplicationKeyword.groovy:32)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.builtin.StartApplicationKeyword$_startApplication_closure1.doCall(StartApplicationKeyword.groovy)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordMain.runKeyword(KeywordMain.groovy:77)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordMain$runKeyword.call(Unknown Source)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.builtin.StartApplicationKeyword.startApplication(StartApplicationKeyword.groovy:31)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.builtin.StartApplicationKeyword.execute(StartApplicationKeyword.groovy:27)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.keyword.internal.KeywordExecutor.executeKeywordForPlatform(KeywordExecutor.groovy:73)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.WindowsBuiltinKeywords.startApplication(WindowsBuiltinKeywords.java:34)
    at com.kms.katalon.core.windows.keyword.WindowsBuiltinKeywords$startApplication.call(Unknown Source)
    at Script1605090610342.run(Script1605090610342.groovy:18)
    … 11 more
    Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Failed to locate opened application window with appId: C:\Chess-Dynamics\2104-C2\2104-C2\JamieQinetiQTest.cmd, and processId: 3356 (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
    Command duration or timeout: 2.43 seconds
    Build info: version: ‘3.141.59’, revision: ‘e82be7d358’, time: ‘2018-11-14T08:25:53’
    System info: host: ‘CDLH-SANDERSON’, ip: ‘10.0.0.196’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0_181’
    Driver info: driver.version: WindowsDriver
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:214)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:166)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.JsonWireProtocolResponse.lambda$errorHandler$0(JsonWireProtocolResponse.java:54)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HandshakeResponse.lambda$getResponseFunction$0(HandshakeResponse.java:30)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.lambda$createSession$0(ProtocolHandshake.java:126)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:128)
    … 37 more
    )

I have WinAppDriver run as admin and everything is running on my local machine (windows 10)

  1. Is there another way I can start an application which would include (or run in) my .xml environment?