Node not recognized on windows

[JKamsker]

Describe the bug

• default cannot be found
• C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe:
• "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe"

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Use windows
2. Try to set nodejs correctly

Expected behavior -C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe should be escaped properly in the shell

• "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" should be considered a root path

Obsidian and environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows
• Obsidian version: The latest stable (No idea)
• Plugin version [e.g. 1.0.0] : The latest stable

[acherrera]

Looks like the space in the first file path is causing the issue. If you move it to a path without spaces, does that fix it? I noticed my path doesn't have any spaces and it works.

Steps I Used

TLDR: actual location, no spaces, quotes or escaped backslashes

The steps I did that worked for those who find this issues later:

• Find filepath of node.
• shift + right-click => "copy as path"
• paste in a text editor
• remove single quotes "
• ensure only a single \ is used in the path - do not need to escape the backslash
• copy and past into the Obsidian plugin.

Bad path:

"C:\\Users\\my_user\\Location With Space\\that\\might\\not\\exist\\node.exe"

Good path

C:\Users\my_user\AppData\Roaming\fnm\node-versions\v22.14.0\installation\node.exe

[JKamsker]

Looks like the space in the first file path is causing the issue. If you move it to a path without spaces, does that fix it? I noticed my path doesn't have any spaces and it works.

Yes, thats how i solved it for me: I created a directory symlink and used that. But the plugin should handle spaces correctly

[Glinte]

My node.exe is in C:\Program Files\..., and moving the executable itself is a pretty bad idea, so I solved this by making a hard link mklink /H dest_path source_path

[toxfu]

Use: C:\Progra~1\nodejs\node.exe instead of C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe Windows retains a "short" version of long names for compatibility:

[0xMonad]

Use: C:\Progra~1\nodejs\node.exe instead of C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe Windows retains a "short" version of long names for compatibility:

It works

[riatzukiza]

Use: C:\Progra~1\nodejs\node.exe instead of C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe Windows retains a "short" version of long names for compatibility:

You beautiful bastard. Thanks.