Cypress test runner crashes with "npm run test:e2e"

[ZwapKillrath]

Current behavior:

Cypress test runner never starts - just exits to cmd prompt when doing "npm run test:e2e".
(set DEBUG=cypress:* used here)

Desired behavior:

Cypress starts test runner when doing "npm run test:e2e"

Steps to reproduce: (app code and test code)

Clean VUE project, clearing older version with cypress cache clear, add cypress

Versions

3.5.0, 3.6.0, 3.6.1 and 3.7.0 all has this issue. 3.4.1 works
Windows 10, VSCode, NPM 6.13.1

[ZwapKillrath]

Repost of #5710

Headless fails too

[jennifer-shehane]

Please do not reopen issues for already existing ones. Closing as duplicate of #5710