Can't Run Electrum Daemon on Windows

$electrum daemon start

C:\Python36\lib\site-packages\win32\lib\pywintypes.py:2: DeprecationWarning: the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib; see the module's documentation for alternative uses
  import imp, sys, os
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./run_electrum", line 377, in <module>
    pid = os.fork()
AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'fork'```

[Telariust]

I declare - Electrum daemon fully works in Windows! I am using it now! (there are just some unobvious details) (what do you mean by “fully works”?) (if you mean server electrumX and its server commands, then this is completely different)

Daemon starts, but the json rpc api does not function

json rpc api (after secfix 3.0.5)

• used rand port
• used rand password
• not load_wallet on run (but we can load wallet under rpc, if know right port and pass!)

ok, explain, step-by-step

FAQ, how run Electrum in daemon mode with json rpc api under Windows.

success tested on win7x64, run cmd/.bat as admin

1. download electrum i used electrum-3.3.8-portable.exe i dont tested full install ver, but i think - not diff

2. run it and create wallet with seed - better if import privkey, some command correlation with seed dont be work(example, getseed) if import pub/xpub, some command correlation with privkey dont be work(example, signtransaction)

3. close it

4. goto wallet dir, open config, example ./electrum_data/config add strings

    "rpcpassword": "myrpcpass",
    "rpcport": 7777,
    "rpcuser": "user",

rpchost not need, all works without it, but u can try 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1 rpcpassword may already be. in base64 form. this is misleading - you DO NOT need to convert your new pwd to base64, and does not affect the basic-auth rpc! just electrum generates a rand pwd from raw bytes and presents them in base64 for convenience. wrote the new pwd in plaintext and for rpc - too, as it is. or use default rand pwd as it is, without any decode/encode.

1. create some .bat files create _start-rpc.bat (if want gui)

start electrum-3.3.8-portable.exe
timeout /T 10
start electrum-3.3.8-portable.exe daemon load_wallet

create _start-rpc_as_daemon.bat (if want not gui)

start electrum-3.3.8-portable.exe daemon 
timeout /T 10
start electrum-3.3.8-portable.exe daemon load_wallet

create _stop-rpc.bat (if u want correct close) start electrum-3.3.8-portable.exe daemon stop

1. if u want use custom path to wallet, use -w start electrum-3.3.8-portable.exe daemon load_wallet -w /path/to/my/wallet/dir

2. run _start-rpc.bat or _start-rpc_as_daemon.bat now in task manager u seen 2proc of electrum, it norm

3. try connect to rpc, try some commands - all must work

4. all work on top fork! success tested on ElectrumSV-1.2.1-portable Electron-Cash-4.0.7-portable (but .bat not auto close, because stdout on forks tied to cmd parent proc, but it not big problem)

profit! hoho!

[Telariust]

maybe python36 in 2019? but there are other factors

checked win7x64, cmd as admin

if try run daemon under windows (according to official manual) C:\1>electrum-3.3.8-portable.exe daemon start …get back popup-qt

Fatal error detected
Failed to execute script run_electrum

after googled, ./run_electrum - old problem for windows

but use simple fix - run it without start opt C:\1>electrum-3.3.8-portable.exe daemon and now in task manager u seen 2proc dont forget load_wallet C:\1>electrum-3.3.8-portable.exe daemon load_wallet after this - rpc full ready!

if would need, add -w [custom_path_to_wallet]

if need close C:\1>electrum-3.3.8-portable.exe daemon stop

PS: see also usefull message by @turcol about windows cmd https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/2592#issuecomment-484562196