Anyone Else Getting a "exec error: Error: spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe ENOENT" Error?

[SurlyKM]

Getting exec error: Error: spawn C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe ENOENT
pandoc installed and works fine.

[ChrisChinchilla]

@SurlyKM Testing this, were you trying to create a PDF? Do you get the same error with other file types?

[SurlyKM]

@ChrisChinchilla sorry for the delay,
I was attempting to go from .md to .docx , but the error above happens for all file types.
However I can use pandoc direct from from powershell to create a docx without issue.
ex. PS C:\Program Files\Pandoc> .\pandoc.exe -o "C:\Temp\new 107.docx" "C:\Temp\new 107.txt"
This works fine.

I have not had success with PDF but i believe I just need to install pdflatex.

PS C:\Program Files\Pandoc> .\pandoc.exe -o "C:\Temp\new 107.pdf" "C:\Temp\new 107.txt"
pdflatex not found. Please select a different --pdf-engine or install pdflatex

[ChrisChinchilla]

@SurlyKM Hmm, then I couldn't recreate this, but I will try it again. Yes, I realised that I need to update the docs to mention this requirement, but I could convert to a Word file with no problems. I am not so experienced with Windows…

What version of Windows? How did you install Pandoc?

[SurlyKM]

@ChrisChinchilla hmm ya it strange, I manually installed Pandoc from their website. On Windows 10 version 10.0.19045
I thought i could be permissions but tried VSCode as admin and same error,