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    Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10

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      sdetweil @swvalenti
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      @swvalenti said in Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10:

      is still asking for replace instead of request

      what?

      words not clear

      Sam

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        swvalenti Project Sponsor @sdetweil
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        @sdetweil said in Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10:

        @swvalenti said in Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10:

        is still asking for replace instead of request

        what?

        words not clear

        Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'replace')
            at cmpVersions (module.js:525)
            at Function.Module.register (module.js:502)
            at MMM-OpenWeatherForecast.js:41
        

        I did what you said but still get this error for some reason

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          sdetweil @swvalenti
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          @swvalenti ok, sometimes this is because of a typo in the config position for the module

          Sam

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                sdetweil @DanClarkCBET3
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                @DanClarkCBET3 see
                https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/15778/fix-for-black-screen-in-2-16-and-later

                Sam

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                  DanClarkCBET3
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                  Is there a way to make a desktop shortcut to start MagicMirror?

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                    sdetweil @DanClarkCBET3
                    last edited by sdetweil

                    @DanClarkCBET3 sure. create a batch file

                    mm.cmd

                    in the installers folder, and then use that for the shortcut

                    mm.cmd should do

                    @npm start

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                      My apologies if the answer to my question is located somewhere in this long thread. As a quick method of bringing some MM functionality to my kids in college, I’d like to install MM onto their laptops and have it autorun at start (like a batch file) and run in a small window.

                      I see that I can install it on their laptops and I know how to create a batch file, but what I don’t know is how to ensure that a linux program starts in a windows batch file and how to get it to autosize to a small window.

                      Has anyone done that?

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                        sdetweil @CheapDad
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                        @CheapDad use PM2 to auto launch

                        this is a node application

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                        • mumblebajM Offline
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                          @sdetweil Don’t think it is an easy straight forward setup for PM2 on Windows to launch the mirror or am I mistaken? Would he have to setup pm2-windows-service and then perform some other setups to get PM2 to work to launch MM on Windows at startup?

                          Check out my modules at: https://github.com/mumblebaj?tab=repositories
                          Check my blog-post: https://mumblebaj.xyz/
                          Check my MM Container: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/mumblebaj/magicmirror/general

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                            sdetweil @mumblebaj
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                            @mumblebaj pm2 setup does all that …

                            Sam

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                              mumblebaj Module Developer @sdetweil
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                              @sdetweil :thumbs_up:

                              Check out my modules at: https://github.com/mumblebaj?tab=repositories
                              Check my blog-post: https://mumblebaj.xyz/
                              Check my MM Container: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/mumblebaj/magicmirror/general

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                                sdetweil @mumblebaj
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                                @mumblebaj I was wrong for windows, and setup
                                see here
                                https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42758985/windows-auto-start-pm2-and-node-apps

                                still pm2 is the easiest and same on every platform…

                                Sam

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                                • mumblebajM Offline
                                  mumblebaj Module Developer @sdetweil
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                                  @CheapDad Here is a great tutorial to set up PM2 on Windows.
                                  https://blog.cloudboost.io/nodejs-pm2-startup-on-windows-db0906328d75

                                  Check out my modules at: https://github.com/mumblebaj?tab=repositories
                                  Check my blog-post: https://mumblebaj.xyz/
                                  Check my MM Container: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/mumblebaj/magicmirror/general

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                                    Bobrae
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                                    When following your instructions on both Windows 7 and 10 machines, I get the following error message:

                                    magicmirror@2.20.0 start C:\Users\Admin\MagicMirror
                                    DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                                    ‘DISPLAY’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
                                    operable program or batch file.

                                    The error log gives the following:
                                    0 info it worked if it ends with ok
                                    1 verbose cli [
                                    1 verbose cli ‘C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe’,
                                    1 verbose cli ‘C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js’,
                                    1 verbose cli ‘start’
                                    1 verbose cli ]
                                    2 info using npm@6.14.4
                                    3 info using node@v13.14.0
                                    4 verbose run-script [ ‘prestart’, ‘start’, ‘poststart’ ]
                                    5 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~prestart: magicmirror@2.20.0
                                    6 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: magicmirror@2.20.0
                                    7 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
                                    8 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: PATH: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin;C:\Users\Admin\MagicMirror\node_modules.bin;C:\Users\Admin\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\local\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin;C:\Users\Admin\bin;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel® Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\php;C:\Program Files\Calibre2;C:\Program Files\nodejs;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\vendor_perl;C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\core_perl
                                    9 verbose lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: CWD: C:\Users\Admin\MagicMirror
                                    10 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: Args: [
                                    10 silly lifecycle ‘/d /s /c’,
                                    10 silly lifecycle ‘DISPLAY=“${DISPLAY:=:0}” ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js’
                                    10 silly lifecycle ]
                                    11 silly lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: Returned: code: 1 signal: null
                                    12 info lifecycle magicmirror@2.20.0~start: Failed to exec start script
                                    13 verbose stack Error: magicmirror@2.20.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                                    13 verbose stack Exit status 1
                                    13 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:332:16)
                                    13 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:315:20)
                                    13 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14)
                                    13 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
                                    13 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1026:16)
                                    13 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:286:5)
                                    14 verbose pkgid magicmirror@2.20.0
                                    15 verbose cwd C:\Users\Admin\MagicMirror
                                    16 verbose Windows_NT 6.1.7601
                                    17 verbose argv “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe” “C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js” “start”
                                    18 verbose node v13.14.0
                                    19 verbose npm v6.14.4
                                    20 error code ELIFECYCLE
                                    21 error errno 1
                                    22 error magicmirror@2.20.0 start: DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                                    22 error Exit status 1
                                    23 error Failed at the magicmirror@2.20.0 start script.
                                    23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
                                    24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

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                                      sdetweil @Bobrae
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                                      @Bobrae see
                                      https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7-10/225?_=1659891805957

                                      Sam

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                                        Cliff365 @Mykle1
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                                        @Mykle1 First off, thanks so much for a great guide. I’m having what is likely a simple issue, but I can’t figure out how to resolve it. I am getting the following error message with the npm start command. Not concerned about the warnings, but how do resolve the DISPLAY issue?

                                        $ npm start
                                        npm WARN config global `--global`, `--local` are deprecated. Use `--location=global` instead.
                                        
                                        > magicmirror@2.20.0 start
                                        > DISPLAY="${DISPLAY:=:0}" ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                                        
                                        'DISPLAY' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
                                        operable program or batch file.
                                        
                                        cliff@BNC-LAB01 MINGW64 ~/MagicMirror (master)
                                        $
                                        
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                                          sdetweil @Cliff365
                                          last edited by sdetweil

                                          @Cliff365 see the end of the post I just linked to in the prior post

                                          also, do not run under mingw… just cmd.exe

                                          Sam

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                                            Cliff365 @Mykle1
                                            last edited by

                                            @Mykle1 Thanks for your help on the DISPLAY issue. I changed the line in packages.json file to:

                                            “start”: “node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js”,

                                            I get the following error message back:

                                            > magicmirror@2.20.0 start
                                            > node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js
                                            
                                            'node_modules' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
                                            operable program or batch file.
                                            
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