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Expand Up @@ -106,7 +106,12 @@ A rapid word collection tool. See the [User Guide](https://sillsdev.github.io/Th

After installation:
- Add mongo's `/bin` directory to your PATH environment variable.
- Disable automatically start of the `mongod` service on your development host.
- On Windows, the installer creates a `MongoDB` service that starts automatically and does not use replica sets,
which will conflict with `npm run database`. Remove it (in an elevated PowerShell):
```powershell
Stop-Service -Name MongoDB
sc.exe delete MongoDB
```
- If `mongosh` is not a recognized command, you may have to separately install the
[MongoDB Shell](https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/shell) and add its `/bin` to your PATH.
- If `mongoimport` is not a recognized command, you may have to separately install the
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