Get 'spawn cmd ENOENT' when try to build Cordova application (event.js:85)

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valverde93 picture valverde93 · Feb 20, 2015 · Viewed 54.8k times · Source

Get this error in windows cmd when I try to build (emulate) Cordova app.

D:\dev\Cordova\toDoList>cordova build android

Running command: D:\dev\Cordova\toDoList\platforms\android\cordova\build.bat
events.js:85
  throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
        ^
Error: spawn cmd ENOENT
at exports._errnoException (util.js:746:11)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1046:32)
at child_process.js:1137:20
at process._tickCallback (node.js:355:11)
ERROR building one of the platforms: Error: D:\dev\Cordova\toDoList\platforms\android\cordova\build.bat: Command failed with exit code 1
You may not have the required environment or OS to build this project

Answer

valverde93 picture valverde93 · Feb 20, 2015

I checked system variables one more time and found the cause of the problem: missing C:\Windows\System32\ variable. I added it and that solved my problem

Hope, it help you too.

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