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# Environment variables
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Some behaviors of Electron are controlled by environment variables, because they
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are initialized earlier than command line and the app's code.
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2015-11-26 12:44:07 +00:00
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Examples on POSIX shells:
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```bash
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$ export ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING=true
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$ electron
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```
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on Windows console:
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```powershell
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> set ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING=true
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> electron
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```
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2015-11-26 12:37:48 +00:00
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## `ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE`
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Starts the process as a normal Node.js process.
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## `ELECTRON_ENABLE_LOGGING`
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Prints Chrome's internal logging to console.
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## `ELECTRON_ENABLE_STACK_DUMPING`
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When Electron crashed, prints the stack trace to console.
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This environment variable will not work if `crashReporter` is started.
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## `ELECTRON_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE` _Windows_
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Shows Windows's crash dialog when Electron crashed.
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This environment variable will not work if `crashReporter` is started.
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## `ELECTRON_FORCE_WINDOW_MENU_BAR` _Linux_
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Don't use global menu bar on Linux.
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## `ELECTRON_HIDE_INTERNAL_MODULES`
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Turns off compatibility mode for old built-in modules like `require('ipc')`.
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