Install Dashy Application Dashboard on Windows

#Dashy #Dashboard #Windows Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0993.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- What is Dashy? -------------------------------------------------------------------- [Dashy is] a self-hostable personal dashboard built for you. Includes status-checking, widgets, themes, icon packs, a UI editor and tons more! - https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy   -------------------------------------------------------------------- Installing Dashy --------------------------------------------------------------------    01. Log into the Windows device    02. Download the latest Dashy release  https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/releases/latest    03. Download NodeJS v18  https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/    04. Install NodeJS, accepting all the defaults    05. Extract the downloaded Dashy files    06. Rename the extracted folder dashy    07. Cut the dashy folder to a location it can safely run from, C:\apps\dashy in this example    08. Click on the Start menu ≫ type cmd ≫ Right click on Command Prompt ≫ Run as administrator    09. Run the following commands in the Command Prompt window          # change directory to dashy, C:\apps\dashy in this example          cd c:\apps\dashy          # update npm          npm install -g npm          # install yarn          npm install -g yarn          # install win-node-env          npm install -g win-node-env          # fix dependencies          yarn install --ignore-engines          # create a backup .env file          copy .\.env .\.env.orig          # build dashy          yarn build          # run dashy          yarn start    10. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:4000    11. Welcome to Dashy   -------------------------------------------------------------------- Run Dashy on System Startup (Optional, but recommended) --------------------------------------------------------------------    01. Press CTRL + C to kill the running Dashy process    02. Open a text editor and paste the following          :: Start dashy server          cd /D "%~dp0"          start "dashy" /b npm start    03. Save the file as startup.bat in the dashy directory, C:\apps\dashy in this example    04. Click on the Start Button ≫ Type task ≫ Launch Task Scheduler    05. Right click the Task Scheduler Library folder in the left pane ≫ Create Basic Task...    06. Set the name to Dashy and optionally set a Description ≫ Click Next    07. For the Trigger, select When the computer starts ≫ Click Next    08. For the Action, select Start a program ≫ Click Next    09. Complete the form fields as follows:          Program/script: "C:\apps\dashy\startup.bat"          Add arguments:          Start in:    10. Click Next    11. Check the Open the Properties dialog checkbox ≫ Click Finish    12. In the Properties dialog, click the Change User or Group... button    13. Type System in the Object name field ≫ Click OK    14. Check the Run with highest privileges box    15. Click OK to create the scheduled task    16. Right click the Dashy task ≫ Run    17. Refresh the open web browser to verify Dashy is now running from the scheduled task   Source:  https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/blob/master/docs/quick-start.md#alternative-deployment-method-1---from-source   ### Connect with me and others ### ★ Discord: https://discord.com/invite/EzenvmSHW8 ★ Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/i12bretro ★ Twitter: https://twitter.com/i12bretro