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Cypress 4.7.0 | Cypress failed to start

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I have installed cypress 4.7.0 . and ran ./node_modules\.bin\cypress open. I get the below error

It looks like this is your first time using Cypress: 4.7.0

  ×  Verifying Cypress can run C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Cypress\Cache\4.7.0\Cypress
    → Cypress Version: 4.7.0
Cypress failed to start.

This is usually caused by a missing library or dependency.

The error below should indicate which dependency is missing.

https://on.cypress.io/required-dependencies

If you are using Docker, we provide containers with all required dependencies installed.

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spawn EPERM

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Platform: win32 (10.0.18362)
Cypress Version: 4.7.0

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:6 (1 by maintainers)

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dinaRodenycommented, Nov 11, 2020

try npx cypress install --force

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sivakrishna-wqcommented, Jun 9, 2020

I did not have write access to C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Cypress\Cache\4.7.0\Cypress 1 Create a folder ex – C:\Cypress 2. Create system environment variable – CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER – C:\Cypress 3. Run the command Set CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER= C:\Cypress 4. Run npm install cypress --save-dev 5. Run npx cypress open or ./node_modules/.bin/cypress open

Issue is resolved.