how to release localhost from Error: listen EADDRINUSE

Question

i am testing a server written in nodejs on windows 7 and when i try to run the tester in the command line i get the following error

Error: listen EADDRINUSE
         


        

Answer 1

[SOLVED]

It's might be too late but it's working like a charm.

You need pm2 to be installed

npm install -g pm2

To stoping the current running server (server.js):

pm2 stop -f server.js