[BUG] <title>Unexpected token ':'

[KenDoStudios]

Environment

🪟 Windows

System

Edition Windows 11 Pro Version 24H2 Installed on ‎1/‎21/‎2025 OS build 26100.4946 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.197.0

Describe the problem

when launching window after installation the window "npm install" appears but it does not do anything for a long time,

then it pops this message:

A critical error has occurred while starting the server: Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find module 'D:\sillytavern\SillyTavern-Launcher\SillyTavern\node_modules\image-q\dist\esm\image-q.mjs' imported from D:\sillytavern\SillyTavern-Launcher\SillyTavern\node_modules@jimp\plugin-quantize\dist\esm\index.js
Did you mean to import "image-q/dist/cjs/image-q.cjs"?
at finalizeResolution (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:274:11)
at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:859:10)
at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:983:11)
at ModuleLoader.defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:783:12)
at #cachedDefaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:707:25)
at ModuleLoader.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:690:38)
at ModuleLoader.getModuleJobForImport (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:307:38)
at ModuleJob._link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:183:49) {
code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
url: 'file:///D:/sillytavern/SillyTavern-Launcher/SillyTavern/node_modules/image-q/dist/esm/image-q.mjs'
}

double checking this file does exist. but as a .map file please how do i fix it? please note i barely know any code

so if its really painfully obvious please don't hold back cuz I'm stupid.l

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[KenDoStudios]

changing the nametype of file resulted in this error:

A critical error has occurred while starting the server: SyntaxError: Unexpected token ':'
at compileSourceTextModule (node:internal/modules/esm/utils:346:16)
at ModuleLoader.moduleStrategy (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:107:18)
at #translate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:536:12)
at ModuleLoader.loadAndTranslate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:583:27)
at async ModuleJob._link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:162:19)

[KenDoStudios]

auto repair enabled resulted in nothing after several minute, application hitch
[ 5:27:05.34] [INFO] Running Node.js in: production
[ 5:27:05.34] [INFO] Started process with PID: "26124"
DEBUG: Entered the YES block
[ 5:27:05.43] [INFO] Auto-repair process enabled [this can be toggled in the troubleshooting menu].
[ 5:27:05.43] [INFO] SillyTavern opened in a new window.
[ 5:27:05.44] [INFO] Waiting for 30 seconds for SillyTavern to fully launch...
[ 5:27:08.20] [INFO] Log file found, scanning log for errors...

[deffcolony]

@KenDoStudios im going to have to reference you to a earlier issue with the solution attached... Please follow that

#87 (comment)

[KenDoStudios]

@KenDoStudios im going to have to reference you to a earlier issue with the solution attached... Please follow that

#87 (comment)
after following the instuctions restarted ST

npm error code ENOTEMPTY
npm error syscall rmdir
npm error path D:\sillytavern\SillyTavern-Launcher\SillyTavern\node_modules\lodash
npm error errno -4051
npm error ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir 'D:\sillytavern\SillyTavern-Launcher\SillyTavern\node_modules\lodash'
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\Kenne\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2025-08-24T13_55_04_486Z-debug-0.log

[KenDoStudios]

hey bro i tried the method you suggested, and im still getting issues