Running dev command won't open application

[Gum-Joe]

Hello,
When I run ./node_modules/.bin/electron-webpack dev my application does not open. It compiles successfully (albeit with warnings), yet doesn't open the application.

After looking through the debug log there appears to be no trace of launching the application; furthermore, when using the quick start template, the app also failed to launch in dev mode (but launched when a production build was built).

I have tried creating a production build for my project, only to be greeted by:

App threw an error during load
Error: [HMR] Env ELECTRON_HMR_SOCKET_PATH is not set
    at eval (webpack-internal:///./node_modules/electron-webpack/out/electron-main-hmr/main-hmr.js:6:11)
    at Object../node_modules/electron-webpack/out/electron-main-hmr/main-hmr.js (D:\Users\Kishan\Documents\Projects\tara\dist\main\main.js:3286:1)
    at __webpack_require__ (D:\Users\Kishan\Documents\Projects\tara\dist\main\main.js:655:30)
    at fn (D:\Users\Kishan\Documents\Projects\tara\dist\main\main.js:65:20)
    at Object.0 (D:\Users\Kishan\Documents\Projects\tara\dist\main\main.js:3482:1)
    at __webpack_require__ (D:\Users\Kishan\Documents\Projects\tara\dist\main\main.js:655:30)
    at D:\Users\Kishan\Documents\Projects\tara\dist\main\main.js:701:37
    at Object.<anonymous> (D:\Users\Kishan\Documents\Projects\tara\dist\main\main.js:704:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (D:\Users\Kishan\Documents\Projects\tara\dist\main\main.js:3552:3)
    at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)

Please note that this is my second attempt at webpack in electron after electron-compile stopped working (see electron-userland/electron-compile#287).

Any help will be appreciated & thanks in advanced!

[Gum-Joe]

NOTE: I had a look at a powershell running the dev command that I had left open and it appears it takes a very long time before the app is launched (or specifically the electron debugger, as I then terminated the program)

[Gum-Joe]

Oops, wrong place for this issue! Sorry!