Loading and Crashing issues with Cypress v3.0.1

Current behavior:

When I try to run Cypress via npm I get the following:

C:\Users\aallford\Documents\elprd-risk-assessment-app>C:\Users\aallford\Documents\elprd-risk-assessment-app\node_modules\.bin\cypress run

It looks like this is your first time using Cypress: 3.0.1

 ×  Verifying Cypress can run C:\Users\aallford\AppData\Local\Cypress\Cache\3.0.1\Cypress
   → Cypress Version: 3.0.1
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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Platform: win32 (6.3.9600)
Cypress Version: 3.0.1

ALSO If I try to run Cypress from the local install of 3.0.1, it crashes when I try to run an integration test.

Desired behavior:

Cypress will open from npm, and not crash and close if run from local install

Steps to reproduce:

As Current behaviour

Versions

Cypress = v3.0.1 OS = Win 8 Browser = Chrome

[lazytesting]

Same issue here after I installed Cypress as a dependency of my nodejs project. Finally found a workaround.

1. clear C:\Users[username]\AppData\Local\Cypress\Cache
2. start a command prompt as administrator
3. run npm i cypress -g
4. run cypress open (not sure if this is needed)
5. close command prompt
6. return back to your node.js project and run the tests

[vladzhigulsky]

I’m having the same issue (Smoke test failed/Cypress failed to start) on macOS after running initial cypress open.

cypress 3.0.3 macOS High Sierra iTerm