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Windows CLI - must use "Run as Administrator" for particle update

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Description

Please add to the CLI documentation, for Windows users, you must right-click on the command prompt and use "Run as Administrator" to make some of the CLI commands work. I spent a better part of an hour installing and re-installing node.js and the CLI trying to get "particle update" to work. After running the command prompt as admin, all worked as expected. I read the re-read the documentation trying to find my error. I should have known better but the documentation did not remind me.

Please and thank you.

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Start with the CLI documentation and locate the Windows installation or command-usage section. Add the administrator requirement for commands such as "particle update", then verify that Windows users can find the guidance before running the command.

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Assessment

Tech stack
node.js
Domain
cli, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
50/100

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