# Node RED don´t start
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-don-t-start/66561
**Category:** General
**Created:** [17 August 2022 15:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-don-t-start/66561 "2022-08-17T15:23:17Z")
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### Author:  [@joal91](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/joal91)
#### Post date: [17 August 2022 15:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-don-t-start/66561/1 "2022-08-17T15:23:17Z")
Hello, sorry I'm new to node red and I'm not getting the program to start, could you help
C:\Users\jose\_\>node-red
17 Aug 11:12:11 - [info]
# Welcome to Node-RED
17 Aug 11:12:11 - [info] Node-RED version: v3.0.2
17 Aug 11:12:11 - [info] Node.js version: v16.16.0
17 Aug 11:12:11 - [info] Windows\_NT 10.0.19043 x64 LE
17 Aug 11:12:13 - [info] Loading palette nodes
C:\Users\jose\_\>
how will you see when starting after loading the palettes it exits node red again and does not connect to the server
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### Author:  [@ghayne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ghayne)
#### Post date: [17 August 2022 15:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-don-t-start/66561/2 "2022-08-17T15:26:36Z")
Welcome to the forum.
Try:
```auto
node-red-start
```
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### Author:  [@joal91](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/joal91)
#### Post date: [17 August 2022 15:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-don-t-start/66561/3 "2022-08-17T15:33:47Z")
it doesn't recognize that command, i'm using windows 10
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### Author:  [@MecatronicaMADE](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MecatronicaMADE)
#### Post date: [17 August 2022 16:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-don-t-start/66561/4 "2022-08-17T16:11:38Z")
Hi @joal91 and welcome, how did you install Node-RED on windows? you can follow this steps: [Running on Windows : Node-RED](https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/windows)
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### Author:  [@ghayne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ghayne)
#### Post date: [17 August 2022 16:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-don-t-start/66561/5 "2022-08-17T16:27:51Z")
> [@joal91](#):
>
> it doesn't recognize that command, i'm using windows 10
My apologies, I didn't see that!
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### Author:  [@kitkat159](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kitkat159)
#### Post date: [18 August 2022 09:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-don-t-start/66561/6 "2022-08-18T09:12:15Z")
Hi, I don't know how you installed Node-RED on Windows, but if you are familiar with Docker, I would suggest [running Node-RED under Docker](https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/docker). It works beautifully!
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [18 August 2022 09:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-don-t-start/66561/7 "2022-08-18T09:14:39Z")
Except that adds a lot of complexity for little gain in most cases and Docker desktop for Windows is not free except for individual use. So depends on the use-case.
node-red works perfectly well on Windows, it just doesn't benefit from Dave's excellent Debian-based setup script. So you need to know how to run things.
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### Author:  [@kitkat159](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kitkat159)
#### Post date: [18 August 2022 09:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-don-t-start/66561/8 "2022-08-18T09:30:19Z")
Oh, I never tried installing Node-RED on Windows directly since I was overwhelmed by the process. For me, Docker is perfect because it is easy to install (assuming Docker is already installed) and I don't have to worry about different Node.js versions. Also great if you (have Docker already installed and) just want to experiment some things and want it easy to be cleaned up later.
But yes, if you aren't familiar with Docker and need to install it, it would be way too heavy.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [17 October 2022 09:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-don-t-start/66561/9 "2022-10-17T09:31:01Z")
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