Botframework-emulator: node_modules\electron\dist\electron.exe ENOENT error

[Girimurugan]

Hi Team,

After installing all the node modules, after built process using gulp when we run npm run start we get the below error.

But the electron.cmd file exits in node_modules.bin folder. Please let us know how we could fix this issue.

events.js:160
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^

Error: spawn C:\Users**\AzureBots\BotFramework-Emulatornode_modules\electron\dist\electron.exe ENOENT
at exports._errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:193:32)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:359:16)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:74:11)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)
at Module.runMain (module.js:606:11)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:394:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:149:9)
at bootstrap_node.js:509:3

Best Regards,
Giri

[eanders-MS]

Where any errors reported during npm install?

[Girimurugan]

No there were no errors during npm install.

[eanders-MS]

Does this file exist?
C:\Users******\AzureBots\BotFramework-Emulator\node_modules\electron\dist\electron.exe

[Girimurugan]

No this file does not exists in this location. But the file is present in C:\Users**\AzureBots\BotFramework-Emulatornode_modules.bin folder.

[eanders-MS]

Hm, it might be working for me because I have electron installed at the global scope. Try running this command: .\node_modules\.bin\electron.cmd .

[eanders-MS]

Or even: .\node_modules\.bin\electron . (should work on all platforms)

[eanders-MS]

Any luck?

[eanders-MS]

Closing due to no response. @Girimurugan If you're still having problems please open a new issue. Cheers.

[Ohar]

I went into the same problem and solve it by removing whole node_modules folder and run npm install from scratch.

[Slapbox]

If anyone else comes across this issue, if you're missing the dist/electron.exe folder, delete

• node_modules/electron

and if you're using yarn then run yarn --check-files

A bit faster than rebuilding the whole folder.