0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe', 1 verbose cli 'C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\MDA\\44bbd7c7\\taco-toolset-6.3.1\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js', 1 verbose cli 'start' ] 2 info using npm@2.15.10 3 info using node@v10.15.1 4 verbose stack Error: Failed to parse json 4 verbose stack Unexpected token ':' at 1:10 4 verbose stack "scripts": { 4 verbose stack ^ 4 verbose stack at parseError (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\MDA\44bbd7c7\taco-toolset-6.3.1\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:390:11) 4 verbose stack at parseJson (C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\MDA\44bbd7c7\taco-toolset-6.3.1\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:79:23) 4 verbose stack at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\MDA\44bbd7c7\taco-toolset-6.3.1\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:48:5 4 verbose stack at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\VisualStudio\MDA\44bbd7c7\taco-toolset-6.3.1\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:78:16 4 verbose stack at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (internal/fs/read_file_context.js:53:3) 5 verbose cwd D:\NSBasic Samples\local-deploy\ElectronWeather 6 error Windows_NT 10.0.17763 7 error argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\MDA\\44bbd7c7\\taco-toolset-6.3.1\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start" 8 error node v10.15.1 9 error npm v2.15.10 10 error file D:\NSBasic Samples\local-deploy\ElectronWeather\package.json 11 error code EJSONPARSE 12 error Failed to parse json 12 error Unexpected token ':' at 1:10 12 error "scripts": { 12 error ^ 13 error File: D:\NSBasic Samples\local-deploy\ElectronWeather\package.json 14 error Failed to parse package.json data. 14 error package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript. 14 error 14 error This is not a bug in npm. 14 error Tell the package author to fix their package.json file. JSON.parse 15 verbose exit [ 1, true ]