fix(@angular/cli): disable searching current directory for bare executable names on Windows

alan-agius4 · alan-agius4 · commit 7cc33def7ae7 · 2026-08-05T18:22:39.000Z
Set NoDefaultCurrentDirectoryInExePath environment variable early in CLI initialization so Windows CreateProcess does not search process.cwd() when resolving bare command names. Fixes #33755
diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/lib/init.ts b/packages/angular/cli/lib/init.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ let forceExit = false;
         // Ignore failure to change directory
       }
     }
+
+    // Ensure Windows CreateProcess does not search the current directory for bare executable names.
+    process.env['NoDefaultCurrentDirectoryInExePath'] = '1';
   }
 
   /**
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ let forceExit = false;
    * See: https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/blob/819c4337456996d19db6ba953014579329e9c6e1/node.js#L324
    */
   process.env.BROWSERSLIST_IGNORE_OLD_DATA = '1';
+
   const rawCommandName = process.argv[2];
 
   /**

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ let forceExit = false;`
`39`	`39`	`// Ignore failure to change directory`
`40`	`40`	`}`
`41`	`41`	`}`
	`42`	`+`
	`43`	`+ // Ensure Windows CreateProcess does not search the current directory for bare executable names.`
	`44`	`+ process.env['NoDefaultCurrentDirectoryInExePath'] = '1';`
`42`	`45`	`}`
`43`	`46`
`44`	`47`	`/**`
`@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ let forceExit = false;`
`48`	`51`	`* See: https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist/blob/819c4337456996d19db6ba953014579329e9c6e1/node.js#L324`
`49`	`52`	`*/`
`50`	`53`	`process.env.BROWSERSLIST_IGNORE_OLD_DATA = '1';`
	`54`	`+`
`51`	`55`	`const rawCommandName = process.argv[2];`
`52`	`56`
`53`	`57`	`/**`