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

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      dwburger
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      I’ve started this installation process from 3 years ago on an old Acer laptop running Windows 10. It’s installing MM2 right now. Just wondering…have the walkthrough steps/commands changed in the intervening 3 years in any way that I need to know? I scanned the 85 posts and didn’t see any, but I could have missed it/them. Thanks! And, I’m really glad this topic is still alive!

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        sdetweil @aab142
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        @aab142 u need to change the startstring to

        "start":"node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js"
        

        Sam

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          dwburger @sdetweil
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          @sdetweil Perfect timing…thanks! I was trying “npm start” and “npm serveronly” with no luck. I’ll give it a go.

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            dwburger
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            Just for clarity, I enter (without starting/ending quotes), npm “start”:“node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js”???

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              sdetweil @dwburger
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              @dwburger you have to change the “start”: line in package.json to the text I provided

              Sam

              How to add modules

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                dwburger
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                OK…I’ll work on that.

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                  sdetweil @dwburger
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                  @dwburger then npm start will work…

                  npm ???, executes the script next to ??? in package.json

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

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                    dwburger @sdetweil
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                    @sdetweil Yep, it works…thanks!

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                      @sdetweil

                      Sam, is there something that I need to change in the original post that is causing problems?

                      Create a working config
                      How to add modules

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                        dwburger @Mykle1
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                        @Mykle1 May I butt in here. I was the one who started the question. I had to change the “start:” string in the package.json file to:

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

                        As Sam instructed. Once I did that, the “npm start” command got my MM2 running.

                        Thanks, BTW, for creating the walkthrough. I’m thrilled to have MM2 running on my old Acer laptop!

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