meteor app crashing when I run it on cmd

Question

I am new to meteor please help. I created my first app but when I try to run it so that I can view it on the browser I get the following error message:

C:\projects\myapp>meteor
[[[[[ C:\projects\myapp ]]]]]

=> Started proxy.
=> Started MongoDB.
=> Errors prevented startup:

   While loading plugin `compileTemplatesBatch` from package `templating`:
   module.js:338:15: Cannot find module '../modules/es6.object.get-own-property-descriptor'
   at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
   at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
   at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
   at require (module.js:380:17)
   at Object.<anonymous>
   (C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\templating\1.1.7\plugin.compileTemplatesBatch.os\npm\node_modules\meteor\ecmascript-runtime\node_modules\meteor\ecmascript-runtime\node_modules\meteor-ecmascript-runtime\node_modules\core-js\es6\object.js:12:1)
   at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
   at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
   at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
   at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
   at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
   at require (module.js:380:17)
   at Object.<anonymous>
   (C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages\templating\1.1.7\plugin.compileTemplatesBatch.os\npm\node_modules\meteor\ecmascript-runtime\node_modules\meteor\ecmascript-runtime\node_modules\meteor-ecmascript-runtime\server.js:1:1)
   at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
   at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
   at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
   at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
   at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
   at require (module.js:380:17)
   at npmRequire (C:\tools\isobuild\bundler.js:1665:14)
   at Module.useNode (packages/modules-runtime.js:453:20)
   at fileEvaluate (packages/modules-runtime.js:157:20)
   at require (packages/modules-runtime.js:92:16)
   at meteorInstall.node_modules.meteor.ecmascript-runtime.runtime.js (packages/ecmascript-runtime.js:24:18)
   at fileEvaluate (packages/modules-runtime.js:158:9)
   at require (packages/modules-runtime.js:92:16)
   at packages/ecmascript-runtime.js:2832:15
   at packages/ecmascript-runtime.js:2845:3


=> Your application has errors. Waiting for file change.

I haven't edited the default application that's created when you create an application in cmd. I simply followed tutorial instructions on how to run a created app so that you view it on the browser.

Answer 1

This issue popped up from the recent 1.3 release on Windows platform. By the way, community has already found a workaround. Following the steps described in this issue by @adanlozano you should resolve the error:

1. Navigate to C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\.meteor\packages and delete the issue package folders entirely (templating, templating-tools, ecmascript, standard-minifier-css)
2. Run your terminal window as Administrator to ensure no issues remaining in the project directory where your App is located.
3. Run meteor and wait patiently as it attempts to download the missing packages, this might take a while.

Answer 2

For future visitors, this issue has been fixed in Meteor 1.3.1. See ramijarrar's comment on the relevant Github issue.