npx works on Windows now

[anaisbetts]

This issue was fixed in Claude Desktop v0.7.5:

[michaellatman]

Awesome. I'll fix the last bugs for windows and remove this banner. Thanks for letting me know.

[anaisbetts]

One thing you might consider putting a notice up for, is that people who use nvm or similar solutions are currently having trouble since it doesn't really work when in a UI app - still working on that one

[michaellatman]

Got it. For that, I’m seeking a command that, when executed on a Windows host, would return an error or a command not found. This way, I can easily identify when they’re in that configuration. If you have any suggestions, I’d truly appreciate it.

The pattern I’m attempting to follow with Mcp-get is to alleviate the burden of setting up the installation path. So, where feasible, I’d like to be able to suggest solutions to their configuration issues.

[anaisbetts]

That bug isn't Windows-specific, it's anyone who uses nvm; as to detecting it without hard-coding nvm, there's probably a good way but I don't know at the moment! nvm works by doing lots of Clever Shell Tricks :-/

[michaellatman]

Sounds good. I'll take a look, thanks for the suggestion!

[strowk]

@anaisbetts , I use fnm on Windows (similar to nvm, but.. better I guess) and it does not seem to have any issues using Node.js packaged server (I only tested one though) with latest Claude Desktop. Not sure if that helps, but it could be an option to suggest to switch to more modern tool.

[evalstate]

I've just run a sandbox test ( reddit link ).

The good thing is that if you know about NVM you're going to be able to fix the problem - those new to this had no chance.