From 7db96a80dd9818109585862bc8aa5581f168115b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Davin Shearer <2205472+scholarsmate@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:22:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] use shell option to spawn for Windows because it cannot
 execute scripts directly

---
 packages/server/src/index.ts | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/packages/server/src/index.ts b/packages/server/src/index.ts
index 6cc47fb5..018740c1 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/index.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ async function executeServer(args: string[]): Promise<ChildProcess> {
     cwd: path.dirname(serverScript),
     stdio: 'ignore',
     detached: true,
+    shell: os.platform().startsWith("win"), // use shell on Windows because it can't execute scripts directly
   })
 
   serverProcess.on('error', (err: Error) => {