Unable to start the HA from Windows!

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Was able to install fine and get the HA up and running. Later i kept getting error below. I also got below error when HA is running under command prompt
“login attempt or request with invalid authentication from iphone.attlocal.net (192.168.1.128). see the log for details.”

After close and starting HA the service never came up and gives below error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 198, in run_module_as_main
File “”, line 88, in run_code
File "C:\Users\Vijji\OneDrive\Automation\python\Lib\site-packages\hass_win_main.py", line 8, in
from aiohttp import resolver
File "C:\Users\Vijji\OneDrive\Automation\python\Lib\site-packages\aiohttp_init.py", line 5, in
from . import hdrs as hdrs
File “C:\Users\Vijji\OneDrive\Automation\python\Lib\site-packages\aiohttp\hdrs.py”, line 8, in
from multidict import istr
ImportError: cannot import name ‘istr’ from ‘multidict’ (unknown location)

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Did you install HA on OneDrive ?

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Yes i did install on Onedrive

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Bad idea. I would start over.

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I had it installed prior under C drive and it worked fine for few weeks after it doesnt load anymore. Giving a new try with fresh install again on C drive

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Best solution- don’t use a Windows PC for your Home Assistant server. For the cost of a new Raspberry Pi 5, case and power supply you can buy a used Intel NUC on eBay that will blow past any Raspberry Pi in any metric.

HAOS Bare Metal.

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I did order new Raspberry Pi 5. Waiting on it to be delivered. Like to start playing around meanwhile and so started on Windows

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Below is the error i keep getting. Not sure why

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How did you install Home Assistant on Windows ???

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Got the extract folder from github and did unzip

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Please answer in complete sentences. What github and unzip where? Again, HOW did you install Home Assistant?

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from

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That is pointing to instaling Home Assistant on a virtual machine. The OP didn’t say anything about a virtual machine.

You can install HA Core on WSL and it might even work. I don’t recall hearing of anyone doing it, however. I may try it just for educational purposes… WSL is in a different namespace than Windows so using a USB device (Zigbee or Z-wave) might not be possible.