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

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

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

      I did that sam still doesn’t work sorry to be a bother

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        sdetweil @swvalenti
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        @swvalenti and what is the message?

        what npm version are u running?

        npm -v

        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 and what is the message?

          what npm version are u running?

          npm -v

          this is what i get and below is version

          C:\Users\Svale\MagicMirror>npm start
          
          > magicmirror@2.18.0 start C:\Users\Svale\MagicMirror
          > electron js\electron.js
          
          'electron' 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@2.18.0 start: `electron js\electron.js`
          npm ERR! Exit status 1
          npm ERR!
          npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.18.0 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\Svale\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2022-03-21T22_10_23_329Z-debug.log
          
          C:\Users\Svale\MagicMirror>npm -v
          6.14.0
          
          C:\Users\Svale\MagicMirror>
          
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            sdetweil @swvalenti
            last edited by sdetweil

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

            electron js\electron.js

            u still have it wrong

            “node_modules/.bin/electron electron.js”

            electron is not in the path, so you have to give it the path to the executable

            once again different versions of node and npm require slightly different solutions…
            this is not an MM problem… they keep messing it up (in my opinion)

            https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/4089/complete-walkthrough-install-magicmirror-on-a-pc-windows-7-10/141?_=1638708846564

            Sam

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              swvalenti Project Sponsor @sdetweil
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              @sdetweil oh well I give up I tried all the steps, thanks for all the help and patience

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                  @sdetweil the only thing that isn’t working now is when I run npm init-y in each module folder the module in the dev window is still asking for replace instead of request

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                    sdetweil @swvalenti
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                    @swvalenti you don’t run npm init unless u need to. only if u need to install a library that mm doesn’t reference anymore

                    Sam

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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

                      How to add modules

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                      • swvalentiS Offline
                        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
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                                    @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

                                    Sam

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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

                                        Sam

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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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