Troubleshoot ' 4058 ENOENT' error from NodeJS ‐ Python interpreter cannot be found
There are a few known causes for such an error when launching a process using NodeJS:
Error: spawn <configured shell> ENOENT
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:478:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)] {
errno: -4058,
code: 'ENOENT',You could be facing this issue due to your environment variables being misconfigured. Please see below for some potential fixes.
Make sure ComSpec points to the correct value. Usually, it should point to ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe. You can check this by opening Command Prompt (cmd) either in VS Code, by opening Command Prompt via the terminal, or outside VS Code, by searching for "Command Prompt" in the start menu.
Once you have a cmd open, type set Comspec:
You can also check and edit the value of ComSpec through the environment variable UI. In the start menu type 'environment`, and you should get this option
Navigate to Advanced -> Environment Variables...:
Find the ComSpec variable in the System Environment variable section. Make sure it is set to C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe or something similar. If it is not, click Edit and browse your directories to set it to the correct value.
Make sure to then close and re-open all instances of VS Code ComSpec is set to an incorrect value.
If your ComSpec variable points to the correct value, your Path variable might be missing certain directories such as C:\WINDOWS\system32. You can check this by opening Command Prompt (cmd) either in VS Code, by opening Command Prompt via the terminal, or outside VS Code, by searching for "Command Prompt" in the start menu. Once you have cmd open, type set PATH:
This is what it typically looks like:
Notice that C:\Windows\System32 is the first entry.
Similar to before, navigate to Advanced -> Environment Variables... in your system environment variable UI. Select the PATH environment variable under system variables and click Edit.
In the edit view, make sure that system32 is at the top of the list. You can click the system32 entry and move it up as needed.
Fix that, then close and re-open all instances of VS Code.