Folks. i figured it out. just commented out everything except the module name and it works. and i did add the comma. thanks

here is my config file. I don’t understand markdown feature. might not work with FireFox
*

• By Michael Teeuw http://michaelteeuw.nl
• MIT Licensed.
• For more information how you can configurate this file
• See https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror#configuration

*/

var config = {
address: “0.0.0.0”, // Address to listen on, can be:
// - “localhost”, “127.0.0.1”, “::1” to listen on loopback interface
// - another specific IPv4/6 to listen on a specific interface
// - “”, “0.0.0.0”, “::” to listen on any interface
// Default, when address config is left out, is “localhost”
port: 8080,
ipWhitelist: [], // Set [] to allow all IP addresses
// or add a specific IPv4 of 192.168.1.5 :
// [“127.0.0.1”, “::ffff:127.0.0.1”, “::1”, “::ffff:192.168.1.5”],
// or IPv4 range of 192.168.3.0 --> 192.168.3.15 use CIDR format :
// [“127.0.0.1”, “::ffff:127.0.0.1”, “::1”, “::ffff:192.168.3.0/28”],

language: "en",
timeFormat: 24,
units: "metric",

modules: [
	{
		module: "alert",
	},
	{
		module: "updatenotification",
		position: "top_bar"
	},
	{
		module: "clock",
		position: "top_left"
	},
	{
		module: "calendar",
		header: "US Holidays",
		position: "top_left",
		config: {
			calendars: [
				{
					symbol: "calendar-check",
					url: "webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/US-Holidays.ics"
				}
			]
		}
	},
	{
		module: "compliments",
		position: "lower_third"
	},
	{
		module: "currentweather",
		position: "top_right",
		config: {
			location: "New York",
			locationID: "",  //ID from http://bulk.openweathermap.org/sample/; unzip the gz file and find your city
			appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
		}
	},
	{
		module: "weatherforecast",
		position: "top_right",
		header: "Weather Forecast",
		config: {
			location: "New York",
			locationID: "5128581",  //ID from https://openweathermap.org/city
			appid: "YOUR_OPENWEATHER_API_KEY"
		}
	},
	{
		module: "newsfeed",
		position: "bottom_bar",
		config: {
			feeds: [
				{
					title: "New York Times",
					url: "http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml"
				}
			],
			showSourceTitle: true,
			showPublishDate: true
		}
		{
			module: 'MMM-Remote-Control'
			// uncomment the following line to show the URL of the remote control on the mirror
			// , position: 'bottom_left'
			// you can hide this module afterwards from the remote control itself
			config: {
    		customCommand: {},  // Optional, See "Using Custom Commands" below
    		customMenu: "custom_menu.json", // Optional, See "Custom Menu Items" below
    		showModuleApiMenu: true, // Optional, Enable the Module Controls menu
    		apiKey: "",         // Optional, See API/README.md for details
			}
		},
	},
]

};

/*************** DO NOT EDIT THE LINE BELOW ***************/
if (typeof module !== “undefined”) {module.exports = config;}

what i am trying to express, is that Magic Mirror works fine out the box, but when i add the remote module, and edit the config.js file, the magic Mirror shows “please add a config file” when it starts. if i then use the backup and rename it to Config.js, the program works fine.
i add the module info EXACTLY as it shows in the Github page for the remote control module, and it does not work. i copy and pasted a few examples from this forum, it still does not start Magic Mirror. at this point, it’s pretty worthless if i can’t remote access it.

I have a config file. i tried to add the remote control module exactly like it says on the github page, and it never works…works fine with the sample config. any ideas before i scrub it?