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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _launch(self, run_config, args, **kwargs):
 """Launch the process and return the process object."""

    del kwargs
    try:
      with sw("popen"):
        return subprocess.Popen(args, cwd=run_config.cwd, env=run_config.env)
    except OSError:
      logging.exception("Failed to launch")
      raise SC2LaunchError("Failed to launch: %s" % args)