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DandelionSprout authored Jan 16, 2022
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1) In accordance with https://nyx.torproject.org/#download, open PowerShell and run `pip install nyx`
2) Once it has been installed, run `nyx`
3) If you encounter the error `ImportError: No module named '_curses'`: Install *windows-curses* with `pip install windows-curses`. (Credit: [Bruno Ranieri](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35850362/importerror-no-module-named-curses-when-trying-to-import-blessings))
4) If you encounter an error about not being able to find `control_auth_cookie`: My understanding is that this can occur if Tor has been placed in `C:\Program Files`, since Tor on Windows lacks admin rights and will save new files to `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Local\VirtualStore` instead. This can be fixed by pointing to the file's actual location in `torrc` with `CookieAuthFile ______________\Data\control_auth_cookie`
4) If you encounter an error about not being able to find `control_auth_cookie`: My understanding is that this can occur if Tor has been placed in `C:\Program Files`, since Tor on Windows lacks admin rights and will save new files to `%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore` instead. This can be fixed by pointing to the file's actual location in `torrc` with `CookieAuthFile ______________\Data\control_auth_cookie`
5) If you receive an error about `get_uid`: Right-click on [header.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/NyxForWindows/main/header.py), choose `Save As...`, and overwrite the default `header.py` file. In my case with Python 3.9, it was in `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Python\Python39\Lib\site-packages\nyx\panel\header.py`
6) If you receive an error about `uname`: Right-click on [starter.py](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/NyxForWindows/main/starter.py), choose `Save as...`, and overwrite the default `starter.py` file. In my case with Python 3.9, it was in `%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Python\Python39\Lib\site-packages\nyx\starter.py`

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