# \[Windows\] Use Daedelus testnet to create native token **URL:** \ **Category:** Native Tokens\ **Tags:** daedalus, testnet\ **Created:** [19 April 2021 15:06 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/windows-use-daedelus-testnet-to-create-native-token/58106 "2021-04-19T15:06:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anslume](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/anslume/32/32594_2.png) [@Anslume](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Anslume)\ **Post date:** [19 April 2021 15:06 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/windows-use-daedelus-testnet-to-create-native-token/58106/1 "2021-04-19T15:06:57Z")
Hi guys, I currently doing a bit of development on windows (yes I know not the ideal etc…) And I want to use a cardano-node sync with the testnet to perform some node-cli operation… In order to avoid having many instances, I was thinking of using the cardano node from daedalus testnet. I found the binary, however does anyone know where is located the CARDANO\_NODE\_SOCKET\_PATH equivalent? Or maybe it’s not a good idea and I shall download another binary and run it a separate folders ? Thanks in advance, ---
**Author:** ![clemens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/clemens/32/29215_2.png) [@clemens](https://forum.cardano.org/u/clemens)\ **Post date:** [28 April 2021 14:34 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/windows-use-daedelus-testnet-to-create-native-token/58106/3 "2021-04-28T14:34:52Z")
You can download the daedalus logs and search in the cardano-wallet.log for --node-socket, you will find something like \.\pipe\cardano-node-mainnet.9056.0, then use this value for your CARDANO\_NODE\_SOCKET\_PATH environment variable and it will work, however note that this changes every time daedalus boots up and will require manual adjustment. ---
**Author:** ![Anslume](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/anslume/32/32594_2.png) [@Anslume](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Anslume)\ **Post date:** [28 April 2021 15:54 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/windows-use-daedelus-testnet-to-create-native-token/58106/4 "2021-04-28T15:54:40Z")
Thanks, Clemens, sorry that I did not update my previous post, but yes I found it exactly as you mentioned by exploring the logs of Daedalus… To be honest I was wondering what was doing such a weird path name on windows… Anyway after, many considerations, I found it simpler to have it on a Linux machine… I created a custom config to deploy automatically my code instantly on a remote Linux server where I have the cardano cli correctly in the path and some debugging possibility via various ssh port forwarding… At least, I know there that my node is purely from the source code…