# Particle CLI Installer (Windows) **URL:** \ **Category:** Particle Updates\ **Created:** [June 15, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741 "2016-06-15T19:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jvanier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/jvanier/32/5542_2.png) [@jvanier](https://community.particle.io/u/jvanier)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/1 "2016-06-15T19:13:47Z")
We now have a straightforward way for people to get started with the Particle command-line interface (CLI) on Windows. It's a simple installer that installs the CLI and the drivers needed. Once installed the Particle CLI will keep itself auto-updated. **[Install Particle CLI through here](https://www.particle.io/cli)** > **Note:** If you previously had the CLI installed through npm, please do **npm uninstall -g particle-cli** before running the installer. A similar auto-updating installer is in the works for Linux and Mac OSX. For more information on how to use the command-line interface, [check out our CLI documentation](https://docs.particle.io/reference/cli/). Let us know how it goes! ---
**Author:** ![daneboomer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/daneboomer/32/3653_2.png) [@daneboomer](https://community.particle.io/u/daneboomer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/5 "2016-06-16T20:52:36Z")
MIGHT just be my computer, but the installer said it was finished but then for about 5 minutes afterwards messages began appearing about “Did I want to install this com port driver” and “did I want to install this LPT driver”. I now can’t find any way to open the CLI I’ve supposedly just installed. As I said, this might just be me. I’ve searched the desktop, start menu, program files and program files x86. Will reboot and see if anything turns up then! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![jvanier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/jvanier/32/5542_2.png) [@jvanier](https://community.particle.io/u/jvanier)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/6 "2016-06-16T21:04:10Z")
Hi, You probably have Windows 7. I’ve seen that it takes FOREVER for Windows 7 to install drivers. To start using the CLI, open up the Command Prompt and type `particle setup` ---
**Author:** ![daneboomer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/daneboomer/32/3653_2.png) [@daneboomer](https://community.particle.io/u/daneboomer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/7 "2016-06-16T21:40:34Z")
You’re right about the Windows 7 bit 😄 I’m making headway. Just an error I can live with on naming my Core. “Something went wrong” I’ll cope! ---
**Author:** ![BDub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/bdub/32/5137_2.png) [@BDub](https://community.particle.io/u/BDub)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/8 "2016-06-21T21:32:35Z")
> [@jvanier](#): > > Let us know how it goes! Worked great on Windows 8.1 Pro! No snags, it just worked. ---
**Author:** ![Eco-Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/839c29/32.png) [@Eco-Ants](https://community.particle.io/u/Eco-Ants)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 10:07am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/9 "2016-08-02T10:07:06Z")
Yes ! Taking FOREVER on win 7 for me too ! I do much prefer the automagic installer though, reassuring and easy for us newbies 😄 ---
**Author:** ![jvanier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/jvanier/32/5542_2.png) [@jvanier](https://community.particle.io/u/jvanier)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/10 "2016-08-05T16:56:03Z")
That sucks ☹ I’m all for fast tools. I’ll see if I can figure out why the startup time is so bad on Windows 7. ---
**Author:** ![Kibsgaard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/kibsgaard/32/6921_2.png) [@Kibsgaard](https://community.particle.io/u/Kibsgaard)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/11 "2016-08-12T08:26:53Z")
Thanks for developing this =) However, where do I find the download link for the installer? At the bottom of the page it shows “INSTALL ON LINUX OR MAC”, but I’m on Windows 8.1. And that link just opens the (outdated?) documentation on how to install it using node.js etc. No mention of the windows installer (except for a community-made one). ---
**Author:** ![Moors7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/moors7/32/588_2.png) [@Moors7](https://community.particle.io/u/Moors7)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/12 "2016-08-12T11:12:35Z")
Not quite sure where it went after the new website went live, odd. Nonetheless, I found the link in yesterday’s newsletter, have at it 😄 [https://binaries.particle.io/cli/installer/windows/ParticleCLISetup.exe](https://binaries.particle.io/cli/installer/windows/ParticleCLISetup.exe) ---
**Author:** ![william](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/william/32/11599_2.png) [@william](https://community.particle.io/u/william)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/13 "2016-10-09T21:02:47Z")
today running particle-cli on windows10 mentioned there is a newer version 1.17.0 available with npm install instruction. Install worked but running Particle from my working directory did not work. Kept running v1.16.0. Only when running from my \users\myself\appdata\roaming\npm directory it started v1.17.0. Why? Actually I am not 100% sure. But swapping the last 2 items in the windows path variable solved it. So place …\roaming\npm BEFORE …\particle\bin. Now I can run Particle from any directory and get v1.17.0. ---
**Author:** ![Moors7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/moors7/32/588_2.png) [@Moors7](https://community.particle.io/u/Moors7)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/14 "2016-10-09T21:06:01Z")
It could be that you’ve got two separate installations of the CLI installed, having only updated the manual one, rather than the installer version. ---
**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/15 "2016-10-10T05:00:41Z")
You might want tp use the _global_ switch ```nohighlight npm install -g particle-cli ``` or ```nohighlight npm update -g particle-cli ``` ---
**Author:** ![armor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/armor/32/18398_2.png) [@armor](https://community.particle.io/u/armor)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/16 "2016-10-24T22:26:05Z")
``` npm update -g particle-cli ``` Does precisely nothing on my Windows 10 PC and install gives me this: ``` C:\Users\wjs>npm install -g particle-cli npm WARN deprecated minimatch@2.0.10: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue / > serialport@3.1.2 install C:\Users\wjs\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\particle-cli\node_modules\serialport > node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build [serialport] Success: "C:\Users\wjs\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\particle-cli\node_modules\serialport\build\Release\serialport.node" is installed via remote C:\Users\wjs\AppData\Roaming\npm\particle -> C:\Users\wjs\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\particle-cli\bin\particle.js particle-cli@1.17.0 C:\Users\wjs\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\particle-cli ├── xtend@4.0.1 ├── semver@5.3.0 ├── cli-spinner@0.2.5 ├── temp@0.8.3 (os-tmpdir@1.0.2, rimraf@2.2.8) ├── cli-table@0.3.1 (colors@1.0.3) ├── chalk@1.1.3 (escape-string-regexp@1.0.5, supports-color@2.0.0, ansi-styles@2.2.1, has-ansi@2.0.0, strip-ansi@3.0.1) ├── node-wifiscanner2@1.2.0 (os-locale@1.4.0) ├── inquirer@0.11.4 (strip-ansi@3.0.1, ansi-regex@2.0.0, ansi-escapes@1.4.0, through@2.3.8, cli-width@1.1.1, figures@1.7.0, rx-lite@3.1.2, cli-cursor@1.0.2, run-async@0.1.0, string-width@1.0.2, readline2@1.0.1) ├── form-data@1.0.0-rc4 (async@1.5.2, mime-types@2.1.12, combined-stream@1.0.5) ├── hogan.js@2.0.0 ├── when@3.7.7 ├── glob@4.5.3 (inherits@2.0.3, inflight@1.0.6, once@1.4.0, minimatch@2.0.10) ├── binary-version-reader@0.4.0 (buffer-crc32@0.2.5, h5.buffers@0.1.1) ├── lodash@3.10.1 ├── request@2.75.0 (is-typedarray@1.0.0, oauth-sign@0.8.2, aws-sign2@0.6.0, forever-agent@0.6.1, tunnel-agent@0.4.3, caseless@0.11.0, stringstream@0.0.5, isstream@0.1.2, json-stringify-safe@5.0.1, extend@3.0.0, aws4@1.5.0, combined-stream@1.0.5, node-uuid@1.4.7, qs@6.2.1, form-data@2.0.0, mime-types@2.1.12, tough-cookie@2.3.1, har-validator@2.0.6, hawk@3.1.3, bl@1.1.2, http-signature@1.1.1) ├── latest-version@2.0.0 (package-json@2.4.0) ├── softap-setup@1.1.4 (nconf@0.7.2, node-rsa@0.2.30) ├── moment@2.15.2 └── serialport@3.1.2 (bindings@1.2.1, commander@2.9.0, debug@2.2.0, es6-promise@3.3.1, nan@2.4.0, object.assign@4.0.4) C:\Users\wjs> ``` I have tried `npm install -g minimatch` What am I missing (apart from v 1.17.0 particle CLI)? ---
**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/17 "2016-10-25T04:54:57Z")
That output looks rather normal to me 😉 What does ```auto particle --version ``` give you? Maybe you want to try `npm uninstall -g particle-cli` and then try to install again. ---
**Author:** ![armor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/armor/32/18398_2.png) [@armor](https://community.particle.io/u/armor)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/18 "2016-10-25T20:24:04Z")
`Particle --version` gives 1.16.0 ``` npm uninstall -g particle-cli gives ``` unbuild particle-cli@1.17.0 If I try install I get exactly the same as I have shared above! ---
**Author:** ![ScruffR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/scruffr/32/6952_2.png) [@ScruffR](https://community.particle.io/u/ScruffR)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/19 "2016-10-25T20:38:50Z")
That looks as if you have (had) got two instances of CLI and possibly also of node/npm installed. When you did `particle --version` the 1.16.0 instance was found first but the `npm` instance you were executing the `uninstall` command with obviously rather got 1.17.0 first to remove. What happens when you execute the uninstall twice? Can you locate another `particle-cli` folder after you uninstalled? Does `particle --version` still work after you unbuilt 1.17.0? You can look for `particle-cli` in ```nohighlight %appdata%\Local\particle\node_modules ``` and ```nohighlight %appdata%\Roaming\npm\node_modules ``` ---
**Author:** ![armor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/armor/32/18398_2.png) [@armor](https://community.particle.io/u/armor)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/20 "2016-10-27T18:52:31Z")
Running uninstall twice takes away the 1.17.0 version only and leaves the 1.16.0 version. I can see copies in appdata\Local and appdata\Roaming. Can I just delete these files and start again? Update: I removed the local version of the files and 1.17.0 was exposed and working! Thanks for the tip about the second version. ---
**Author:** ![Bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bear](https://community.particle.io/u/Bear)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/22 "2017-05-02T21:18:49Z")
This is an FYI: Norton Internet Security deletes ParticleCLIsetup from my Windows computer when I download it. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/particle/original/2X/b/b29b84ea3d8b57076ebc1592c574f1dedff7dba8.png) ---
**Author:** ![nrobinson2000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/nrobinson2000/32/15624_2.png) [@nrobinson2000](https://community.particle.io/u/nrobinson2000)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/23 "2017-05-02T21:31:20Z")
Damn paranoid Norton antivirus… ---
**Author:** ![rickkas7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/rickkas7/32/8681_2.png) [@rickkas7](https://community.particle.io/u/rickkas7)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 11:31am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741/24 "2017-05-03T11:31:17Z")
I submitted this as a [false positive detection](https://submit.symantec.com/false_positive/) but there’s no indication of how long correction would take. [Next page](https://community.particle.io/t/particle-cli-installer-windows/23741.md?page=2)