# "Exec" module missing in node-red

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exec-module-missing-in-node-red/15102>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [4 September 2019 12:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exec-module-missing-in-node-red/15102 "2019-09-04T12:53:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![freduhr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47c2d/32.png) [@freduhr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/freduhr)\
**Post date:** [4 September 2019 12:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exec-module-missing-in-node-red/15102/1 "2019-09-04T12:53:09Z")

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Hello everyone,

On my node-red installation, I can't find the "exec" module in the "advanced" section, it is missing.  
Is it possible to manually install this module without having to reinstall node-red?  
My node-red version is v0.20.7

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Thank you for your help,

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [4 September 2019 13:08 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exec-module-missing-in-node-red/15102/2 "2019-09-04T13:08:18Z")

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Where are you running node-red? i.e. platform?

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**Author:** ![freduhr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47c2d/32.png) [@freduhr](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/freduhr)\
**Post date:** [4 September 2019 13:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exec-module-missing-in-node-red/15102/3 "2019-09-04T13:23:15Z")

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I'm running node-red on windows 10

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**Author:** ![afelix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/afelix/32/9743_2.png) [@afelix](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/afelix)\
**Post date:** [4 September 2019 15:53 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/exec-module-missing-in-node-red/15102/4 "2019-09-04T15:53:24Z")

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Hmmm. I believe the exec node is considered a core node. I do know it’s possible to deactivate it as is done on certain cloud infrastructures. Something like that can have happened on your system, but I have no idea how to accidentally trigger that. You could perhaps try reinstalling the core nodes library? `@node-red/nodes`

> <https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/master/packages/node_modules/%40node-red/nodes/README.md>