Issue 73 windows support

[rphovley]

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• [x] all github actions are passing
• [ ] only a single issue was worked on
• [x] fixes #73
• [x] the branch follows the naming schema issue-123-enable-x-does-not-disable-y
• [x] the pull request has a sensible title

Intention

With this change I intend to add windows support to start commands. Had to update our node utils path commands and our startup.js as well to accommodate windows nuances.

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• [x] duplicate code has been extracted where possible
• [x] issues for follow-up tasks have been created
• [x] tests have been written for any new functionality
• [x] there is no any type used
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