1.put all these files and folders in a folder called task-manager(create one) 2.[[[[now open cmd in the task manager folder or set the path in cmd to the folder. Hold Shift and right click on task-manager folder select open terminal or Open Command Window]]]] 3. once opened run these commands in cmd npm init -y npm install express mongoose jsonwebtoken bcryptjs cors npm install dotenv 4. run this finally node server.js if it doesnt work pray to god and leave the internal🙂