Can't launch debug target via npm

[dbaeumer]

• VSCode Version: 1.6.0-Insider
• OS Version: Windows 10

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Follow the steps in Test launch option that allows run node project by npm script #12253
2. Try to launch. I get

1. Running npm run debug from the terminal works as expected.

I use nvm to manage my node installs. Don't know if this makes a difference.

[roblourens]

Works on OSX but not Windows. Workaround - change your runtimeExecutable to "npm.cmd" on Windows.

[roblourens]

I guess in general this won't work if your runtimeExecutable is a .bat/.cmd and you don't include the extension.

[weinand]

The problem is that on Windows both a 'npm' and a 'npm.cmd' exist on the PATH but only the latter actually works on Windows whereas the former is a shell script for linux/macOS. If a launch config specifies npm, VS Code will use the npm shell script which silently fails on Windows.
I've added this to the release notes.

[weinand]

This has made its way into the documentation. See note at the end of https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/node-debugging#_launch-configuration-support-for-npm-and-other-tools

[aeschli]

Verified that this is in the documentation.