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

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    • J Offline
      jelbear
      last edited by

      it somehow seems to have resolved itself

      i deleted the folder and redid the git clone and it is working, not sure what happened, but it is working now,

      many thanks for taking the time to reply

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        brandonbrown
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        @Mykle1 said in Complete Walkthrough - Install MagicMirror on a PC - Windows 7/10:

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

        Thank you so much for this post! I’m new to the Pi and MagicMirror. Working on the PI remotely was a bit of pain and this allowed me to run MagicMirror on my main machine with VMWare Workstation.

        First off let me say these instructions were ‘spot-on’ and I was up and running immediately.

        As I added modules, I noticed some of them were not working, a.k.a. not loading any data. They would activate, say “loading…” and nothing else.

        I researched a few of the modules I was using and found one step that needs to be on your list:

        ‘npm install request’

        After that, the modules in question began updating with data.

        Thank you again for giving me a better dev environment to work in!

        Brandon

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        • Mykle1M Offline
          Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @brandonbrown
          last edited by

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

          I researched a few of the modules I was using and found one step that needs to be on your list:
          ‘npm install request’

          Well, the modules that require that package should tell you in their respective readme files but thanks for the headsup. I’m glad you found the tutorial helpful. :-)

          Create a working config
          How to add modules

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            dstoianovici
            last edited by

            Hello, I had an EACCESS error thrown when launching the MM as directed in this thread. I was able to fix this error by changing the port number from 8080 to 9000 in config.js

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              sdetweil @dstoianovici
              last edited by sdetweil

              @dstoianovici yes,if some other app is using 8080 then u have to change it… mine is on 8086. 8080-8085 are in use

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                CliffordW
                last edited by

                It should probably be easy, but I can’t seem to find it. What is the command I can use to start MM on Windows 10 startup?

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                  CliffordW
                  last edited by

                  Thanks for a great guide, got me up and running quickly. Can you guide me where do I insert the commands to rotate the display to portrait mode?

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                    bdream
                    last edited by

                    @Mykle1 Many thanks for this description!

                    Just got it run under Windows 7. That will help to play and learn how to get own modules :nerd_face:

                    Two questions I have.
                    My MM is version 2.6.0. I planned to run updatescript from @sdetweil but failed. Yahe you any idea?

                    Is there an option to run MM in a window being able to shrink and move over the desktop?

                    –
                    cheers, bdream

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                      sdetweil @bdream
                      last edited by

                      @bdream come talk in the Updated Installer topic

                      https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer

                      Sam

                      How to add modules

                      learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                        sdetweil @bdream
                        last edited by

                        @bdream F11 will take a window from full screen to not

                        Sam

                        How to add modules

                        learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                        • Mykle1M Offline
                          Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @bdream
                          last edited by

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

                          Is there an option to run MM in a window being able to shrink and move over the desktop?

                          Your F11 key should toggle between full screen MM and MM in a window

                          Create a working config
                          How to add modules

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                          • Mykle1M Offline
                            Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer
                            last edited by

                            Damn Sam, you’re just too fast!

                            Create a working config
                            How to add modules

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                              bdream
                              last edited by

                              F11 seems to be a got hint, even it comes from @Mykle1 or @sdetweil.

                              Will try it this evening - thanks!

                              –
                              cheers, bdream

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                                OldShaterhan
                                last edited by

                                For me setup running MagicMirror on Windows 10 worked by:

                                • cloning the repository
                                • then edit package.json by changing following line:
                                  "scripts": {
                                    "start": "./run-start.sh",
                                

                                to:

                                  "scripts": {
                                    "start": "bash ./run-start.sh",
                                

                                Simple change, works in every location on my PC.

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                                  jagdambasoft
                                  last edited by

                                  $ npm start

                                  magicmirror@2.10.1 start C:\Users\Office\MagicMirror
                                  ./run-start.sh

                                  ‘.’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
                                  operable program or batch file.
                                  npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
                                  npm ERR! errno 1
                                  npm ERR! magicmirror@2.10.1 start: ./run-start.sh
                                  npm ERR! Exit status 1
                                  npm ERR!
                                  npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.10.1 start script.
                                  npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

                                  npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
                                  npm ERR! C:\Users\Office\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-02-25T06_03_03_308Z-debug.log
                                  What Will I DO

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                                    jagdambasoft @jagdambasoft
                                    last edited by

                                    @jagdambasoft as above i post an error
                                    Now in package.json change a line under scripts

                                        "start": "./run-start.sh",
                                    to
                                        "start": "run-start.sh",
                                    
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                                      aab142
                                      last edited by

                                      I’m using Windows 10 and got the previous message as well. Changing to “run-start.sh” just opens the file with my text editor. I’m missing something.

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                                        roccodicarlo
                                        last edited by

                                        I am getting errors when executing NPM install

                                        $ npm install
                                        npm ERR! code EPROTO
                                        npm ERR! errno EPROTO
                                        npm ERR! request to https://registry.npmjs.org/feedme failed, reason: write EPROTO 15828:error:14094419:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:tlsv1 alert access denied:c:\ws\deps\openssl\openssl\ssl\record\rec_layer_s3.c:1544:SSL alert number 49
                                        npm ERR!

                                        npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
                                        npm ERR! C:\Users\dicarlro\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-03-11T19_20_19_606Z-debug.log

                                        Does this require Adminstrator login…I am not logged in as administrator

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                                          sdetweil @jagdambasoft
                                          last edited by

                                          @jagdambasoft try the results of the post just before yours

                                          Sam

                                          How to add modules

                                          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                                            sdetweil @aab142
                                            last edited by

                                            @aab142 windows … ugh… the script needs access to bash but doesn’t understand ./

                                            so remove the ./

                                            Sam

                                            How to add modules

                                            learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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