Default app doesn't work correctly on Windows 8.1?

[gbmhunter]

npm install and npm run hot-server work fine, but npm run start-hot gives me the following error:

[gbmhunter]

Note that putting electron . at the start of the start-hot script fixes this error, but then electron loads up an empty screen (I believe it is meant to show a home page?).

[catalinmiron]

@gbmhunter can you do the following:

set HOT=1 & NODE_ENV=development electron .

or

set HOT=1 & NODE_ENV=development & electron .

or if this is not working for you, a quick win is to modify this with

if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
  mainWindow.loadUrl('file://' + __dirname + '/app/hot-dev-app.html');
} else {
  mainWindow.loadUrl('file://' + __dirname + '/app/app.html');
}

and run set NODE_ENV=development electron .

In this way, the html file loading in main, when NODE_ENV=development is hot-dev-app.html

[gbmhunter]

Thanks for the help.

I tweaked what you mentioned above and managed to get it working with:
start-hot": "set HOT=1 & set NODE_ENV=development & electron .

[catalinmiron]

@gbmhunter great!