I suspect this might have to do with your system path setup for node.
Do you also get the same result if you run node from:
- Powershell app
- Command Prompt app
no , i do not get the same result
i also get this with nightly
Can you run where node in Powershell and copy the path you get. Then use it in Cursor’s terminal like so:
& "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" -v
See if that fixes the issue.

also doesnt recognise npm
Can you also try it with where.exe node?
It seems like node is not initialized in Powershell then.
You can either try to set it up for Powershell, or use a different type of terminal in Cursor. You can use whatever terminal you used where node was defined.


