Windows 7 Admin Requirement

[wboykinm]

Using the "Latest" Native windows build (Install-TileMill-0.8.0-522.exe), installed clean on a mid-powered windows 7 machine, TileMill crashes without report on normal launch from the start menu shortcut. However, the program works just fine and launches fast if "Run as Administrator" is selected from the right-click menu of the start menu shortcut.

Error log here. The key message appears to be:

{ [Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:\.tilemill\config.json'] errno: 34, code: 'ENOENT', path: 'C:\\.tilemill\\config.json' }

[springmeyer]

Can you clear the log and re-run as non admin, then clear the log and re-run as admin? (and then again as non-admin).

The ENOENT error might be (harmlessly) occurring because you are running as admin - I want rule this out to make sure it is the likely culprit for the non-admin crash.

[wboykinm]

Logged into a windows session as admin, running tilemill without admin privileges, here's the log:
The "sys" module is now called "util". It should have a similar interface.

Logged in as above, running tilemill with admin privileges, here's the clean log:

The "sys" module is now called "util". It should have a similar interface.
The "sys" module is now called "util". It should have a similar interface.
Started [Server Tile:20008].
Creating configuration dir C:\Users\wboykinm.tilemill
Creating files dir C:\Users\wboykinm\Documents\MapBox
Creating export dir C:\Users\wboykinm\Documents\MapBox\export
Creating project dir C:\Users\wboykinm\Documents\MapBox\project
Creating cache dir C:\Users\wboykinm\Documents\MapBox\cache
Plugin [carto] loaded.
Plugin [editor] loaded.
Plugin [fonts] loaded.
Plugin [map] loaded.
Plugin [templates] loaded.
Checking for new version of TileMill...
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/tilemill
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/tilemill
Latest version of TileMill is 0.8.0.
Started [Server Core:20009].
Client window created.
{ [Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory 'C:.tilemill\config.json'] errno: 34, code: 'ENOENT', path: 'C:\.tilemill\config.json' }

So the ENOENT error is only thrown when running as admin, and it doesn't stop the program from launching. Not actually sure if that missing config.json is a problem.

[springmeyer]

Note to self: I think this must have to do with the blocked firewall when on a "Public" network I see in your "Windows Firewall":

Evented I/O for V8 JavaScript       Public  Yes Block   No  C:\program files (x86)\tilemill\node.exe    Any Any UDP Any Any Any Any 
Evented I/O for V8 JavaScript       Private Yes Allow   No  C:\program files (x86)\tilemill\node.exe    Any Any TCP Any Any Any Any 
Evented I/O for V8 JavaScript       Private Yes Allow   No  C:\program files (x86)\tilemill\node.exe    Any Any UDP Any Any Any Any 
Evented I/O for V8 JavaScript       Public  Yes Block   No  C:\program files (x86)\tilemill\node.exe    Any Any TCP Any Any Any Any 

[springmeyer]

above fix was tested by @kkaefer and @wboykinm and appears to fix first-run with non-admin user for windows 7. Works with and without this fix on XP. Not tested on Vista. Does not do enough to make tilemill work as non-admin for Win8. New issue for that at #1205. closing this one.

[kkaefer]

My report is from running it on an admin account.