Home assistant won't start on window 10

Dear Forum members.

I was hoping to get home assistant working on a Windows 10 laptop to get an impression of the O so powerful program.

via the Home assistant site took the first steps and however I get no result.

It seems that Windows Pyhton blocks or something. I have gotten the message from the firewall and of course I accepted that.

I hope you can help me.

Below you will see what steps I have taken and where the cmd hangs
===================================================================Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.316]
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C:\Users\Remy_>py -m homeassistant --open-ui
Config directory: C:\Users\Remy_\AppData\Roaming.homeassistant
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded tts from homeassistant.components.tts
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded http from homeassistant.components.http
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded script from homeassistant.components.script
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded group from homeassistant.components.group
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded automation from homeassistant.components.automation
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded introduction from homeassistant.components.introduction
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded default_config from homeassistant.components.default_config
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded cloud from homeassistant.components.cloud
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config from homeassistant.components.config
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded conversation from homeassistant.components.conversation
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded discovery from homeassistant.components.discovery
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded frontend from homeassistant.components.frontend
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded api from homeassistant.components.api
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded websocket_api from homeassistant.components.websocket_api
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded system_log from homeassistant.components.system_log
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded auth from homeassistant.components.auth
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded onboarding from homeassistant.components.onboarding
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded lovelace from homeassistant.components.lovelace
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded history from homeassistant.components.history
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded recorder from homeassistant.components.recorder
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded logbook from homeassistant.components.logbook
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded map from homeassistant.components.map
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded person from homeassistant.components.person
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded sun from homeassistant.components.sun
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded system_health from homeassistant.components.system_health
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded updater from homeassistant.components.updater
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded sensor from homeassistant.components.sensor
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Home Assistant core initialized
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up introduction
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.introduction]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Hello, and welcome to Home Assistant!

    We'll hope that we can make all your dreams come true.

    Here are some resources to get started:

     - Configuring Home Assistant:
       https://home-assistant.io/getting-started/configuration/

     - Available components:
       https://home-assistant.io/components/

     - Troubleshooting your configuration:
       https://home-assistant.io/getting-started/troubleshooting-configuration/

     - Getting help:
       https://home-assistant.io/help/

    This message is generated by the introduction component. You can
    disable it in configuration.yaml.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded persistent_notification from homeassistant.components.persistent_notification
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain introduction took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up recorder
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up http
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain http took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up lovelace
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain lovelace took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up system_log
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain system_log took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up api
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up websocket_api
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain websocket_api took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up auth
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain auth took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up onboarding
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain api took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain onboarding took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up frontend
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain frontend took 0.3 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 WARNING (Recorder) [homeassistant.components.recorder] Ended unfinished session (id=6 from 2019-02-22 15:21:14.448376)
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain recorder took 0.6 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up history
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain history took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up sun
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain sun took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up group
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain group took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded sensor.yr from homeassistant.components.sensor.yr
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up sensor
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded google.tts from homeassistant.components.google.tts
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up updater
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain updater took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up discovery
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain discovery took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up person
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up map
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain map took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.sensor] Setting up sensor.yr
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up config
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up tts
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up cloud
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain cloud took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:54 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up automation
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain automation took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up script
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain script took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up conversation
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain conversation took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up logbook
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain logbook took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up system_health
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain system_health took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.customize from homeassistant.components.config.customize
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.group from homeassistant.components.config.group
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.automation from homeassistant.components.config.automation
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.auth from homeassistant.components.config.auth
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.device_registry from homeassistant.components.config.device_registry
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.hassbian from homeassistant.components.config.hassbian
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.config_entries from homeassistant.components.config.config_entries
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.entity_registry from homeassistant.components.config.entity_registry
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.area_registry from homeassistant.components.config.area_registry
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.script from homeassistant.components.config.script
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.core from homeassistant.components.config.core
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.loader] Loaded config.auth_provider_homeassistant from homeassistant.components.config.auth_provider_homeassistant
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain person took 0.1 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain config took 0.1 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up default_config
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain default_config took 0.0 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain tts took 0.1 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain sensor took 0.6 seconds.
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.bootstrap] Home Assistant initialized in 1.50s
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Starting Home Assistant
2019-02-22 16:31:55 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.core] Timer:starting
==========================================================================please help

I am far from an export but I don’t see any error’s. Looks like it is running to me…
Where is the issue?

Okay that sound good… But what do I do now to open the software???

It’s web based, so open a browser and go to localhost:8123 if you are on the same pc or :8123

Super Thanks.

I now see a login screen.
I created an acount and tried to log in. But now get an error message (Error: Message format incorrect: Required key not provided @ data [’ client_id '])

1st time I thought I just did something wrong.
The second time I looked weird.
3rd time I made a simple login so that it could not go wrong.

However, I get again the error message.

Sorry I don’t know what that means.

Hi Reemster90,

I have the exact same problem with the exact same errors as you have, I have been trying out different things (firewall rules, updating homeassistant, complete wipe of pc and starting from scratch, etc…)

I wonder if the python version is at fault, what version did you install? I installed the 3.7.2 64-bit windows installer. do you have the same version?

Perhaps if we try to install an older proven version?

Regards.
Geert

Try installing it on a VM

Seems to be much easier to work with. Ignoring the migrating part as it would be a new install.