MM2 fails to start after upgrade from 2.29 to 2.33 on windows

[edwardbuck]

Hello,

I just ran the upgrade script to upgrade my install from 2.29 to 2.33, and now nothing loads at all.

I ran the script, then rebooted, then tried npm start from MagicMirror folder and this is all it shows:

magicmirror@2.33.0 start
node --run start:x11

node: bad option: --run

I have since tried doing a git reset --hard and a git pull, but it just says that I am already running 2.33.
I have MagicMirror running on Windows10.

I’d appreciate any suggestions to get it running again.

[edwardbuck]

@sdetweil
Thanks for your help. I upgraded to the latest node and it is running fine again. Sorry for not reading the error more closely, since it said the same thing you did.

[sdetweil]

@edwardbuck the script does not work on windows

You also need to use

npm run start:windows

[edwardbuck]

@sdetweil

Ok, so I just tried that (from the MagicMirror folder) but it gives me this now:

magicmirror@2.33.0 start:windows
.\node_modules.bin\electron js\electron.js

The system cannot find the path specified.

Do I need to reinstall MM2?

Thanks for your help.

[sdetweil]

@edwardbuck did you go

npm install

In the MagicMirror folder?

[edwardbuck]

@sdetweil

When I do npm install I get this:

npm error code EBADENGINE
npm error engine Unsupported engine
npm error engine Not compatible with your version of node/npm: magicmirror@2.33.0
npm error notsup Not compatible with your version of node/npm: magicmirror@2.33.0
npm error notsup Required: {“node”:“>=22.18.0”}
npm error notsup Actual: {“npm”:“10.8.2”,“node”:“v20.17.0”}
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\Agenda\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2025-10-13T20_42_59_969Z-debug-0.log

[KristjanESPERANTO]

@edwardbuck said in MM2 fails to start after upgrade from 2.29 to 2.33 on windows:

I have MagicMirror running on Windows10.

You certainly knew that, but Windows 10 support ends tomorrow. It’s about time to think about an alternative. See https://distrochooser.de/.

[sdetweil]

@edwardbuck yes, the doc says need 22.18.0 or higher
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/19896/v2.33.0

[edwardbuck]

@sdetweil
Thanks for your help. I upgraded to the latest node and it is running fine again. Sorry for not reading the error more closely, since it said the same thing you did.

[edwardbuck]

@KristjanESPERANTO
I’m running MM2 on an old Lenovo mini PC I got on ebay for half the price of a Raspberry PI. I considered installing Linux at the beginning, but now I am also running a MS Access database on there that won’t run under Win11, and a Logitech media server to keep my old Squeezebox playing. Regardless of support for Win10, as long as it keeps running, it is fine for me.