Parity & Mist/Ethereum Wallet for Windows usersFirst installation:
1) Download Parity for Windows:
https://parity.io/parity.html2) Download Mist (or Ethereum Wallet), 64bit or 32bit, depends on your Windows:
https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases3) Install Parity, make a shortcut, right-click on the shortcut, change "Target" to:
"C:\Program Files\Ethcore\Parity\parity.exe" --geth 4) Optionaly: change port with a switch
--dapps-port xxxx where xxxx is a number of port. Use this step if you have problems with other applications.
5) Optionaly: add switch for Parity interface:
--force-ui 6) Run Parity shortcut, Windows Prompt should start and report about synchronized packages. A beeping sound is a good sign
7) Install and run Mist (you must do it AFTER you start Parity node, to prevent Geth node to start building its own blockchain)
Troubles:
1) Most common problem is a firewall issue, be sure to enable Parity application on Windows or other firewall and enable port forwarding on your router
2) Interfering with other applications, mostly port issue. Try with a switch: --dapps-port 8085
3) Slow synchronization: at least 4Gb RAM should be available on your computer to process blocks
Later use:
1) Start Parity shortcut
2) Start Mist
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