Sou. I tweakt liddle with my sacrafichal laptop so it runs on Win 10 and automaticly runs MM and node serveronly
What to do so MM runs on win10
Before You start to follow Yo-Less instructions you shoult prepare your laptop so it can run this way that you dont need to use keypoard and mous…
You should install MM in to public folder like C:\Users\public\Magicmirror\
And you should sheer that folder in your home network (right klick on folder and then properties, then sharing, then your username and pemissions give read/write)
If you do that then you can tweak config and add/remove modules with other computer
Then you should remove login for windows
- perss WIN+R and type netplwiz
- remove check mark from “user must enter username and pasword…”
- apply
- type in ur password for conferming ur settings
Now your windows should login without pasword and username
if thats done… you should tweak power settings…
- right klick on battery symbol on taskbar and choose “power options”
- klikc on “change when the computer sleeps”
- Both “turn of the display” and “put the computer to sleep” when plugged in choose “never”
Now your computer doesnt sleep and turns of ur display
Allmost in da end…
You can follow now Yo-Less insturctions about installing node.jt and MM
If thats done then theres final steps to setup chrome and final autorun
In chrome set your homepage as “localhost:8080” in chrome settings
- Then make chrome shortcut in to desktop
- right klick and properties
- In Target… at the end of adress write -kiosk Like (“C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” -kiosk ) This opens chrome in fullscreen
- aplly
Now need all run atomaticly. For that we make .bat fail
Make new text dokument in to desktop
- In there you write first line your MM location Like: cd C:\Users\public\Magicmirror\
- second line is: node serveronly
.bat fail reads in cmd line by line sou your text file should look like:
cd C:\Users\public\Magicmirror
node serveronly
- Save as
- Save as type choose all files
- name it like “1bootmm.bat”
- Save
Why theres 1 in name is cos it should be first thing what starts to boot when windows is logged in. In startup folder files, shortcuts start in order
Last moves…
- Win+R
- type: shell:Startup
- copy your freshly made .bat fail and modified chrome shortcut in to startup folder
Now it should run automaticly… It can happen that chrome starts faster than server is created so first 10-15 sec you see chrome offline screen. But moment MM starts it pops nicely…
And now you dont neet to touch your MM laptop in normal restarts and when you want to modify MM fails
I think topic should be changed “installing and setting up MM for Win 10”
Hope its not to complicated writeing. Not my native language ;)
Best regards
Silver