<p>You can run bitcoind.exe on windows if you leave off the <code>-daemon</code> flag, as the error message says. Then it will run in the command prompt window or whatever you are running it with. While it's running, you can interact with it using bitcoin-cli.exe in a separate command prompt window.</p>

<p>No, you can't run bitcoind and bitcoin-qt at the same time if they're using the same data/wallet directory, correct. But that's not the cause of the error here.</p>

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<p>I just heard about Bitcoin, it looks huge, and am trying to get it to work and see how it works.</p>

<p>I live in a very rural community and we do not have Internet yet, I had to do some dirty deeds to get my first minimal hardware, and to get this far to simply post.</p>

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I installed QT and let it sync.
I want to learn how to run bitcoind on my local Windows PC and issue commands in hex to the network.</p>

<h2>I can't get bitcoind to run.</h2>

<p>C:\bitcoin-0.17.0\bin\bitcoind -daemon -datadir=c:\bitcoin          ( when I ran QT, I added -datadir=c:\bitcoin )
Error: -daemon is not supported on this operating system</p>

<p>--
I am assuming I can't or should not run Bitcoin QT and the daemon at the same time.  I'm trying to understand the bitcoin commands, from the command line (not the QT console) and believe that I can not run both at the same time, because both try to sync the blockchain, correct me if I'm wrong.</p>

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Noob: new to bitcoin, bitcoind will not run on Windows 10
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# Noob: new to bitcoin, bitcoind will not run on Windows 10

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-13)

I just heard about Bitcoin, it looks huge, and am trying to get it to work and see how it works.

I live in a very rural community and we do not have Internet yet, I had to do some dirty deeds to get my first minimal hardware, and to get this far to simply post.

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I installed QT and let it sync.
I want to learn how to run bitcoind on my local Windows PC and issue commands in hex to the network.

## I can't get bitcoind to run.

C:\bitcoin-0.17.0\bin\bitcoind -daemon -datadir=c:\bitcoin ( when I ran QT, I added -datadir=c:\bitcoin )
Error: -daemon is not supported on this operating system

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I am assuming I can't or should not run Bitcoin QT and the daemon at the same time. I'm trying to understand the bitcoin commands, from the command line (not the QT console) and believe that I can not run both at the same time, because both try to sync the blockchain, correct me if I'm wrong.

**Tags:** bitcoind, windows


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-13. Score: 3

You can run bitcoind.exe on windows if you leave off the `-daemon` flag, as the error message says. Then it will run in the command prompt window or whatever you are running it with. While it's running, you can interact with it using bitcoin-cli.exe in a separate command prompt window.

No, you can't run bitcoind and bitcoin-qt at the same time if they're using the same data/wallet directory, correct. But that's not the cause of the error here.


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