I guess I spoke too soon. npm starts, but I have a blank screen. Haven’t done anything to the config.js file, except make a copy of the config.js.sample, and removed the .sample. See output:

$ npm run config:check

magicmirror@2.12.0 config:check C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror
node js/check_config.js

[2020-07-07 13:50:13.582] [INFO] Checking file… C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror\config\config.js
[2020-07-07 13:50:13.630] [LOG] Line 1 col 1 Definition for rule ‘prettier/prettier’ was not found.
C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror\js\check_config.js:66
throw new Error(“Wrong syntax in config file!”);
^

Error: Wrong syntax in config file!
at C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror\js\check_config.js:66:10
at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (internal/fs/read_file_context.js:63:3)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! magicmirror@2.12.0 config:check: node js/check_config.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.12.0 config:check 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\blake\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-07-07T18_50_13_660Z-debug.log

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

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

Thank you dwburger! This fixed my issue!

@OldShaterhan

I just made the change, and this is what I get when trying npm start:

$ npm start

magicmirror@2.12.0 start C:\Users\blake\MagicMirror
run-start.sh

‘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@2.12.0 start: run-start.sh
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the magicmirror@2.12.0 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\blake\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-07-07T18_11_04_725Z-debug.log

@mykle1 I decided to just run Dakboard VIA the Chromium browser on it. I’v got a couple of other computers that I am going to use for the other Magic Mirror. I have an old Pentium 4 Dell, that I put Linux Mint on, and it runs like a champ. Way better than the one I run on my Raspberry Pi3.

Well, ended up going with Ubuntu 10.10. It’s old as heck, but I’m going to use it as a dakboard. Thanks for the help guys.

@mykle1 I’m now installing Xubuntu 12.04. I’ll see how this goes, and let you know.

@mykle1 Apparently this computer is so old, that Ubuntu 16 won’t install. Error: This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: pae cx8

@mykle1 I will give that a try. It’s a very small computer, so would fit nicely in certain places. I appreciate your help, and I will take a look at your other post to see if I can give it one last shot.

@mykle1 It’s actually on old mini PC. To give you an idea of how old it is, Windows XP was running on it previously.

@bhepler Thank you bhelper. I will check this out. In the meantime, I think I will retire this ancient computer, and use it as a display piece. :)