Cannot find runtime node on PATH - Visual Studio Code and Node js

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With a downloaded and installed version of Visual Studio Code 1 2 1  and a 64bit version of node exe msi placed in my working directory  I am assuming that is correct   how do we add node and npm command line tools to be on our PATH  I am confused in understanding that statement  Where and how do we implement that  I am quoting this requirement directly from the top of this resource page - https   code visualstudio com Docs runtimes nodejs  As a result of my current situation  I set a break-point in an app js file  And when I hit F5  it tells me     Cannot find runtime  node  on PATH    I am completely lost in understanding and fixing this issue in Visual Studio Code

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To follow up  I just ran into this as well   When I installed Node js there was an option that said Add to PATH  Available After Restart    Seems like Windows just needs a restart to make things work

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I had a similar issue with zsh and nvm on Linux  I fixed it by adding nvm initialization script in    profile and restart login session like this   export NVM DIR   HOME  nvm      -s   NVM DIR nvm sh     amp  amp       NVM DIR nvm sh     This loads nvm     -s   NVM DIR bash completion     amp  amp       NVM DIR bash completion

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This is the solution according to the VS code debugging page  This worked for my setup on Windows 10    version    0 2 0    configurations            type    node        request    launch        name    Launch Program        program      file       The solution is here   https   code visualstudio com docs editor debugging  Here is the launch configuration generated for Node js debugging

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On OSX and VSCode 1 50 0 all I had to do was to close and restart VSCode and the problem went away

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I am on OSX  this did not work for me   code   --user-data-dir       but this DID work   code   -data-dir

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I did which node on my terminal   usr local bin node  and then i added   runtimeExecutable     usr local bin node  in my json file

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The cause for me receiving this error was trying the new pre-release VSCode JS debugger   If you opted in  change via User settings        debug javascript usePreview   true false   Everything in my normal configuration and integrated terminal was correct and finding executables  I wasted a lot of time trying other things

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So node got kicked out of path  you can do          SET PATH C  Program Files Nodejs  PATH    Or simply reinstall node to fix this  which ever you think is easiest for you

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I use  bin zsh  and I changed vscode to do the same  but somehow vscode still use the path from  bin bash  So I created a  bash profile file with node location in the path  Simply run in terminal  echo  quot PATH  PATH export   PATH quot   gt  gt     bash profile  Restart vscode  and it will work

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Had the same issue and in my case it was a problem with a vs code extension  Try running code as     code --disable-extensions   Once in the editor  I ran my program in the debug mode and worked  and then started code with    code   And it continued working fine   Hope it works for you

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For me  the node binary is in PATH and I can run it from the terminal  iTerm or Terminal   and the Terminal apps are set to use zsh If you are on a Mac  with iTerm and Zsh  please use the following VSCode settings for Node to work  After this change  you can get rid of this line from your launch json config file   the debug settings in VSCode       quot runtimeExecutable quot    quot  usr local bin node quot   If this doesn t work  make sure you choose the default shell as zsh  To do this   Open the command palette using Cmd Shift P  Look for the Terminal  Select Default Shell command   Select zsh from the options

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first run below commands as super user sudo code   --user-data-dir     it will open the visual code studio import the folder of your project and set the launch json as below         version    0 2 0        configurations                            type    node                request    launch                name    Launch Program                program      workspaceFolder  app release web js                outFiles                        workspaceFolder       js                              runtimeExecutable     root  nvm versions node v8 9 4 bin node                      path of runtimeExecutable will be output of  which node  command   Run the server in debug mode  cheers

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I also ran into this error  Restart the PC works for me

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Do not launch the VS code from the start menu separately  Use       Code     command to launch VS code  Now  create your file with the extension  js and Start debugging  F5  it  It will be executed   Otherwise  restart your system and follow the same process

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I also encountered this issue  Did the following and it got fixed    Open your computer terminal  not VSCode terminal  and type node --version to ensure you have node installed  If not  then install node using nvm  Then head to your bash file  eg  bashrc   bash profile   profile  and add the PATH       -s   NVM DIR nvm sh     amp  amp       NVM DIR nvm sh     This loads nvm     -s   NVM DIR bash completion     amp  amp       NVM DIR bash completion     If you have multiple bash files  you ensure to add the PATH to all of them  Restart your VSCode terminal and it should be fine

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Quick fix that works for me  Navigate to the root directory of your folder from command line  cmd   then once you are on your root directory  type   code      Then  press enter  Note the      don t forget it  Now try to debug and see if you get the same error

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i resolved this problem after disable ESLint extention

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