# Storefront integration with vc-platform3 on local Windows machine

**URL:** <https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/storefront-integration-with-vc-platform3-on-local-windows-machine/262>\
**Category:** support\
**Tags:** storefront\
**Created:** [October 8, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/storefront-integration-with-vc-platform3-on-local-windows-machine/262 "2020-10-08T12:47:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abhishe-k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Abhishe-k](https://www.virtocommerce.org/u/Abhishe-k)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/storefront-integration-with-vc-platform3-on-local-windows-machine/262/1 "2020-10-08T12:47:06Z")

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Hi guys. I tried to follow the steps in documentation to run vc-platform3 and storefront on my local machine via Visual Studio 2019. vc-platform3 is running fine.  
But Storefront initially showed a page that liquid engine cannot find themes and a link to correctly install and configure those themes. I followed Configure CMS Content storage from documentation  
“ContentConnectionString”: “provider=LocalStorage;rootPath=~/cms-content”  
and used the option 2  
If you have already have installed platform with sample data, your platform already contains `~/App_Data/cms-content` folder with themes for sample stores and you need only to make symbolic link to this folder by this command:

```auto
mklink /d C:\vc-storefront\VirtoCommerce.Storefront\wwwroot\cms-content C:\vc-platform\VirtoCom

```

Even after having the folders copied in hardcore manner (wwwroot\cms-content\Themes\Electronics\default) same error came. I think the default theme file is not getting processed/compile and hence I’m getting this exception: “StorefrontException: Theme resource for path ‘static/bundle/styles.css’ not found”  
On running Storefront I got this error.  
What have I missed and wronged?  
[Screenshot (13)|690x387](https://www.virtocommerce.org/uploads/short-url/xD3YHrDra027CHnKn42F20cDPsG.png)

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**Author:** ![OlegoO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/www.virtocommerce.org/olegoo/32/27_2.png) [@OlegoO](https://www.virtocommerce.org/u/OlegoO)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/storefront-integration-with-vc-platform3-on-local-windows-machine/262/2 "2020-10-12T07:49:44Z")

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Hi.

Did you build the theme? If you download them from the source, you need to build. Download the release package if you need the compiled version.

Same problem:  
[First time install - installation - Virto Commerce (virtocommerce.org)](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/first-time-install/121/8)

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**Author:** ![Abhishe-k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@Abhishe-k](https://www.virtocommerce.org/u/Abhishe-k)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/storefront-integration-with-vc-platform3-on-local-windows-machine/262/3 "2020-10-12T08:31:53Z")

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Silly of me to have got confused between using compiled version and source code version. I prefer using source code way to better understand the code and customise as per needs.  
I would suggest to rather have a page on documentation that covers all virto-commerce platform, storefront and theme deploying on local machine from source code in Visual Studio so that other new enthusiasts might not face the same mistake as me.

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**Author:** ![OlegoO](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/www.virtocommerce.org/olegoo/32/27_2.png) [@OlegoO](https://www.virtocommerce.org/u/OlegoO)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://www.virtocommerce.org/t/storefront-integration-with-vc-platform3-on-local-windows-machine/262/4 "2020-10-12T12:17:55Z")

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Thank you for the feedback. We will plan to add this topic into docs.