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Metro won't work on Windows for react native #181

@gengjiawen

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@gengjiawen

Repro repo: https://github.com/gengjiawen/react-native/tree/feature/RNTester_start.
I am trying to make RNTester work on windows, but I am failing with the following mistake. I tested on mac, it works.

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error: bundling failed: Error: Unable to resolve module `AppRegistry` from `D:\Developer\react-native\RNTester\js\RNTesterApp.android.js`: Module `AppRegistry` does not exist in the Haste module map

This might be related to https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/4968
To resolve try the following:
  1. Clear watchman watches: `watchman watch-del-all`.
  2. Delete the `node_modules` folder: `rm -rf node_modules && npm install`.
  3. Reset Metro Bundler cache: `rm -rf /tmp/metro-bundler-cache-*` or `npm start -- --reset-cache`.
  4. Remove haste cache: `rm -rf /tmp/haste-map-react-native-packager-*`.
    at ModuleResolver.resolveDependency (D:\Developer\react-native\node_modules\metro\src\node-haste\DependencyGraph\ModuleResolution.js:209:1301)
    at ResolutionRequest.resolveDependency (D:\Developer\react-native\node_modules\metro\src\node-haste\DependencyGraph\ResolutionRequest.js:83:16)
    at DependencyGraph.resolveDependency (D:\Developer\react-native\node_modules\metro\src\node-haste\DependencyGraph.js:239:485)
    at Object.resolve (D:\Developer\react-native\node_modules\metro\src\lib\transformHelpers.js:116:25)
    at dependencies.map.result (D:\Developer\react-native\node_modules\metro\src\DeltaBundler\traverseDependencies.js:298:29)
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at resolveDependencies (D:\Developer\react-native\node_modules\metro\src\DeltaBundler\traverseDependencies.js:294:16)
    at D:\Developer\react-native\node_modules\metro\src\DeltaBundler\traverseDependencies.js:159:33
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at step (D:\Developer\react-native\node_modules\metro\src\DeltaBundler\traverseDependencies.js:239:307)
 BUNDLE  [android, dev] RNTester\js/RNTesterApp.android.js ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 0.0% (0/1), failed.

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