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Cole nelson
Cole nelson

Reputation: 184

Error: spawn UNKNOWN at ChildProcess.spawn (node:internal/child_process:413:11)

Recently I tried using Ionic with Angular and kept getting this error:

Error: spawn UNKNOWN

at ChildProcess.spawn (node:internal/child_process:413:11)
at Object.spawn (node:child_process:757:9)
at spawn (C:\Users\MyUsername\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@ionic\cli\node_modules\cross-spawn\index.js:12:24)
at spawn
(C:\Users\MyUsername\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@ionic\cli\node_modules\@ionic\utils-subprocess\dist\index.js:173:12)
at Subprocess.spawn
(C:\Users\MyUsername\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@ionic\cli\node_modules\@ionic\utils-subprocess\dist\index.js:146:16)
at Shell.spawn (C:\Users\Colio\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@ionic\cli\lib\shell.js:151:24)
at async AngularServeCLI.spawn (C:\Users\MyUsername\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@ionic\cli\lib\serve.js:345:19)
at async AngularServeCLI.spawnWrapper (C:\Users\MyUsername\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@ionic\cli\lib\serve.js:321:20)
at async AngularServeCLI.serve (C:\Users\MyUsername\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@ionic\cli\lib\serve.js:311:9)
at async AngularServeRunner.serveProject
(C:\Users\MyUsername\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@ionic\cli\lib\project\angular\serve.js:117:9)
PS C:\Users\MyUsername\OneDrive\Desktop\Projects\CurrentProject>

I've tried everything I can think of to solve this issue. Apparantly I shouldn't have, because now it's spread to any NPX command using child process. i.e. NPX create-react-app ReactTestApp or ng new

What I have tried:

I am on Windows 11 and I use VS Code,

Any help is greatly appricated and I will be watching this post like a hawk.

UPDATE: Ended up switching computers "resolving" the issue

Upvotes: 4

Views: 19389

Answers (4)

Anupama Herath
Anupama Herath

Reputation: 1

Most of the time it happens because of your antivirus software. If you disable it, then it should work fine

Upvotes: 0

Ahmed Marzouk
Ahmed Marzouk

Reputation: 371

If you are facing a similar issue on a Mac, this command might help:

softwareupdate --install-rosetta

It solved my problem, I tried different node versions and updated the folder permissions but nothing helped.

As I understand, the error happened because the Apple Silicon M2 Chip was not supported and rosetta translates the x64 executable to ARM which prevents the error.

I found the answer here: https://github.com/pa11y/pa11y/issues/619

Upvotes: 15

Heitor Giacomini
Heitor Giacomini

Reputation: 484

Got the same error solved it by unninstalling my antivirus.

Upvotes: 2

Enam Solaimani
Enam Solaimani

Reputation: 41

Did you install any Android emulators? I had the same issue after installing them. Try turning off Hyper-V or running this command in your Command Prompt and then restarting your PC:

REG add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System /v DisableCMD /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Also, these two links might help you:

Error message: spawn UNKNOWN
Enable Command Prompt

Upvotes: 2

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