title: Getting 500 server error with Laravel 5.7 on Windows
body: <p>I have cloned repo from git, and made <code>composer install</code>. </p>
  
  <p>Then I am starting a server, but every time I get <strong>500 server error</strong>. </p>
  
  <p>Also, I tried to create a new project with <code>composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog</code>
  and this project works fine. </p>
  
  <p>In my error log i got an error like:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>production.ERROR: No application encryption key has been specified.
    {"exception":"[object] (RuntimeException(code: 0): No application
    encryption key has been specified. at
    C:\OSPanel\domains\contact-fw-domanskyi\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Encryption\EncryptionServiceProvider.php:44)
    [stacktrace]</p>
  </blockquote>