diff --git a/src/main/events/helpers/parse-launch-options.ts b/src/main/events/helpers/parse-launch-options.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e1b56259..00000000
--- a/src/main/events/helpers/parse-launch-options.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-export const parseLaunchOptions = (params: string | null): string[] => {
-  if (params == null || params == "") {
-    return [];
-  }
-
-  const paramsSplit = params.split(" ");
-
-  return paramsSplit;
-};
diff --git a/src/main/events/library/open-game.ts b/src/main/events/library/open-game.ts
index c2980f36..cf73c810 100644
--- a/src/main/events/library/open-game.ts
+++ b/src/main/events/library/open-game.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import { gameRepository } from "@main/repository";
 
 import { registerEvent } from "../register-event";
 import { shell } from "electron";
-import { spawn } from "child_process";
 import { parseExecutablePath } from "../helpers/parse-executable-path";
-import { parseLaunchOptions } from "../helpers/parse-launch-options";
 
 const openGame = async (
   _event: Electron.IpcMainInvokeEvent,
@@ -12,24 +10,15 @@ const openGame = async (
   executablePath: string,
   launchOptions: string | null
 ) => {
+  // TODO: revisit this for launchOptions
   const parsedPath = parseExecutablePath(executablePath);
-  const parsedParams = parseLaunchOptions(launchOptions);
 
   await gameRepository.update(
     { id: gameId },
     { executablePath: parsedPath, launchOptions }
   );
 
-  if (
-    process.platform === "linux" ||
-    process.platform === "darwin" ||
-    parsedParams.length === 0
-  ) {
-    shell.openPath(parsedPath);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  spawn(parsedPath, parsedParams, { shell: false, detached: true });
+  shell.openPath(parsedPath);
 };
 
 registerEvent("openGame", openGame);
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/pages/game-details/modals/game-options-modal.tsx b/src/renderer/src/pages/game-details/modals/game-options-modal.tsx
index 69b459d1..f299111a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/pages/game-details/modals/game-options-modal.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/pages/game-details/modals/game-options-modal.tsx
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ export function GameOptionsModal({
   const shouldShowWinePrefixConfiguration =
     window.electron.platform === "linux";
 
-  const shouldShowLaunchOptionsConfiguration =
-    window.electron.platform === "win32";
+  const shouldShowLaunchOptionsConfiguration = false;
 
   return (
     <>