How to run "SHOW=1 node epic-games" on a Windows CMD

[ghost]

It seems those "SHOW=1 node epic-games" and "EMAIL=foo@bar.baz SHOW=1 node epic-games" works only on Linux/macOS OOTB.

Is there a workaround that will let me login with the browser under Windows CMD ?

[jaxparrow07]

CMD has a different syntax for environment variables.

The SHOW=1 goes like this ( have to run one by one )

set SHOW=1
set EMAIL=""
<node js command here>

If you want to execute them on a single line/execution. You'll have to append call before the calling function so the variables take effect.

set SHOW=1 && set EMAIL="" && call <node js command here>

[EnduringGuerila]

set SHOW=1
set EMAIL=""
<node js command here>

This worked just fine as 3 separate commands.

set SHOW=1 && set EMAIL="" && call <node js command here>

I couldn't get the single line to work in CMD or powershell

also, the email should not be in quotes as the quotes get pasted into the email field

[jaxparrow07]

set SHOW=1
set EMAIL=""
<node js command here>

This worked just fine as 3 separate commands.

set SHOW=1 && set EMAIL="" && call <node js command here>

I couldn't get the single line to work in CMD or powershell

also, the email should not be in quotes as the quotes get pasted into the email field

What's the output when you try the single-line command? And what windows version are you on.

I appreciate you for pointing out the quotes.

[nahuelranieri]

I'm commenting here so I don't open another request, but maybe it could help the rest:

set is a CMD-only command, so if you try to emulate it in Powershell (as I did) it won't work. I think it's important to point this out because Powershell doesn't return any error if you use set.

Anyway you can always create a config.env file inside the data folder and set your variables there.

[vogler]

I linked this article in the Readme that explains how to set them for every OS/Terminal:

free-games-claimer/README.md

Line 64 in c8cf736

Options are set via [environment variables](https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/what-is-an-environment-variable/) which allow for flexible configuration.

Specifically https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/what-is-an-environment-variable/#how-to-work-with-environment-variables.
Maybe I should make that more prominent or add a FAQ section.

[lightningHoneypot]

set SHOW=1
set EMAIL=""
<node js command here>

This worked just fine as 3 separate commands.

set SHOW=1 && set EMAIL="" && call <node js command here>

I couldn't get the single line to work in CMD or powershell

also, the email should not be in quotes as the quotes get pasted into the email field

It's odd really, I can do it in Powershell as it displays the browser, on CMD it does not show it.

I linked this article in the Readme that explains how to set them for every OS/Terminal:

free-games-claimer/README.md

Line 64 in c8cf736

Options are set via [environment variables](https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/what-is-an-environment-variable/) which allow for flexible configuration.

Specifically https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/what-is-an-environment-variable/#how-to-work-with-environment-variables.
Maybe I should make that more prominent or add a FAQ section.

For Powershell

# Setting the environment variable SHOW to "1" 
$env:SHOW="1"
# Setting the environment variable EMAIL to an empty string 
$env:EMAIL=""
# Call the Node.js command, example: node gog
node gog

if you want only single line

$env:SHOW = "1"; $env:EMAIL=""; node gog

Also note that if you had already signed in with your accounts, you can safely not enter the EMAIL variable.