Running EpicGames Freebies Claimer
- Holding the Shift key, right-click on an empty background space inside of your EpicGames Freebies Claimer folder and choose Open PowerShell window here
- Type npm start to start EpicGames Freebies Claimer
- Can be edited with a text editor such as Notepad. As of V1.5.0, options include;
"delay": 1440,
This is the number (in minutes) which the script will check again for free games.
"loop": true
If set to false, the script will only run once.
- Open notepad and paste the following;
@ECHO OFF
CD /D %~dp0
:start
REM cls
call npm start
pause
GOTO start- Save as run.bat and place inside of your extracted EpicGames Freebies Claimer folder
- Open run.bat
This allows Epic Games Freebies Claimer to run in the background on startup.
- Download NSSM and extract it to a folder (example: C:\Users\Tim Sweeney\Downloads\NSSM)
- Open this folder and navigate to the win32 folder inside of it
- Open your Start Menu and type cmd , then right-click on Command Prompt and Run As Administrator
- Type the following (with quotes), replacing the directory path with your own above path and press Enter;
"C:\Users\Tim Sweeney\Downloads\NSSM\win32\nssm.exe" install EpicGamesFreebiesClaimer
- In the "Application" tab, click the … button to the right of Path:
- Navigate to your Epic Games Freebies Claimer folder and select run.bat
- Press Install service
- Download NSSM and extract it to a folder (example: C:\Users\Tim Sweeney\Downloads\NSSM)
- Open this folder and navigate to the win32 folder inside of it
- Open your Start Menu and type cmd , then right-click on Command Prompt and Run As Administrator
- Type the following (with quotes), replacing the directory path with your own above path and press Enter;
"C:\Users\Tim Sweeney\Downloads\NSSM\win32\nssm.exe" remove EpicGamesFreebiesClaimer
- Select "Yes" to remove the service