<![CDATA[MM on Windows - Updated now get black screen]]>I was running an old version of Magic Mirror on a Windows 10 build and I decided to update my version.
After updating, I got an error because my package.json still referenced display so I changed it to:

"main": "js/electron.js",
	"scripts": {
		"start": ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js",
		"start:dev": ./node_modules/.bin/electron js/electron.js dev",

When I run npm start, I get this:

PS C:\Users\CompName\MagicMirror> npm start
npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE
npm ERR! path C:\Users\CompName\MagicMirror/package.json
npm ERR! JSON.parse Unexpected token "." (0x2E) in JSON at position 172 while parsing near "...pts\": {\r\n\t\t\"start\": ./node_modules/.bin/..."
npm ERR! JSON.parse Failed to parse JSON data.
npm ERR! JSON.parse Note: package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\CompName\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2023-04-17T12_59_59_873Z-debug-0.log

Any help is greatly appreciated!

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/17738/mm-on-windows-updated-now-get-black-screenRSS for NodeMon, 11 May 2026 12:42:57 GMTMon, 17 Apr 2023 13:01:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to MM on Windows - Updated now get black screen on Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:25:11 GMT]]>@beachjosh77 yes, you STILL have to follow the special windows instructions

package.json is updated and replaced every release…

https://docs.magicmirror.builders/getting-started/installation.html#other-operating-systems

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108927https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108927Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MM on Windows - Updated now get black screen on Mon, 17 Apr 2023 19:40:56 GMT]]>@sdetweil That worked, thank you!

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108936https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108936Mon, 17 Apr 2023 19:40:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MM on Windows - Updated now get black screen on Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:26:34 GMT]]>@beachjosh77 said in MM on Windows - Updated now get black screen:

EJSONPARSE

maybe you edited, but you messed it up

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108929https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108929Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:26:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MM on Windows - Updated now get black screen on Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:25:37 GMT]]>@sdetweil I forgot to mention, I also ran npm install in fonts and vendors and changed package.json to remove the display again

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108928https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108928Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:25:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MM on Windows - Updated now get black screen on Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:25:11 GMT]]>@beachjosh77 yes, you STILL have to follow the special windows instructions

package.json is updated and replaced every release…

https://docs.magicmirror.builders/getting-started/installation.html#other-operating-systems

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108927https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108927Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MM on Windows - Updated now get black screen on Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:23:22 GMT]]>@sdetweil Thank you for replying,
I followed your instructions and ran:

cd ~/MagicMirror
git checkout develop
git pull
npm install

but I still get

npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE
npm ERR! path C:\Users\CompName\MagicMirror/package.json
npm ERR! JSON.parse Unexpected token "." (0x2E) in JSON at position 181 while parsing near "...ts\": {\r\n\t\t\"start\":  ./node_modules/.bin/..."
npm ERR! JSON.parse Failed to parse JSON data.
npm ERR! JSON.parse Note: package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\CompName\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2023-04-17T18_21_14_409Z-debug-0.log
]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108926https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108926Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:23:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MM on Windows - Updated now get black screen on Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:13:45 GMT]]>@beachjosh77 also, there is a bug, for windows , so you have to get the next version develop branch
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/14327/testing-new-fixes-or-solving-current-problems-with-next-release-code

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108917https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108917Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:13:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to MM on Windows - Updated now get black screen on Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:03:14 GMT]]>@beachjosh77 yes? you have to do all the install steps again

manually npm install in fonts and vendors and change package.json.

see the doc

]]>https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108916https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/108916Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:03:14 GMT