Failed to launch OpenOCD GDB Server: Error: spawn

I have search through the issues and I am still unable to get OpenOCD to work with VS Code and cortex-debug. My issue is identical to: https://github.com/Marus/cortex-debug/issues/281#issue-607868097 Unfortunately, updating my system path to include OpenOCD did not correct my problem. I have tried several versions of OpenOCD and I get the same issue. As a hail mary, I attempted to run the debugger in safe mode. This provided interesting error output.

The error output running normal windows is as follows:

Both applications, openocd.exe and arm-none-eabi-gdb.exe can be launched from the command window without issue. The utilities are accessible in the designated files.

The following versions of Windows, VS Code, and Cortex-Debug are being used.

Here is my launch.json settings:

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Debug",
            "cwd": "D:/target",
            "executable": "${workspaceFolder}/target/thumbv7em-none-eabi/debug/target.elf",
            "request": "launch",
            "type": "cortex-debug",
            //"servertype": "external",
            //"gdbTarget": "localhost:50000",
            "servertype": "openocd",
            "searchDir": [
                "D:/boards/target/jtag"
            ],
            "configFiles": [
                "config.cfg",
                "chip.cfg",
                "board.cfg"
            ],
            "runToMain": false,
            "preRestartCommands": [
                "monitor reset",
                "file D:/target/thumbv7em-none-eabi/debug/target.elf",
                "load",
                "target extended-remote :50000",
                "monitor reset halt"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Note, I tried setting the severtype to external and I get the same ENOENT error for the armToolchainPath.
Here is my settings.json:

{
    "editor.formatOnSave": true,
    "cortex-debug.openocdPath": "C:/Users/<user>/AppData/Roaming/xPacks/xpack-openocd-0.11.0-1/bin/openocd.exe",
    //"cortex-debug.openocdPath": "C:/Temp/xpack-openocd-0.11.0-1/bin/openocd.exe",
    //"cortex-debug.openocdPath": "openocd.exe",
    "cortex-debug.armToolchainPath": "C:/Program Files (x86)/GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain/10 2020-q4-major/bin",
}

What else can I try to get the cortex debugger to work?

Thank you in advance for any feedback.

[jrhug]

Update: Long story short, I built a new system and loaded a fresh copy of Windows 7. At first, I had the same issue. After playing around a bit, I finally got the extension working. Will provide further details in the future. Closing this issue now.

[haneefdm]

I doubt NodeJS is wrong. I am using 14.6.0 and I am getting the same problem if I change package.json to upgrade to latest webpack. It still compiles though.

After cloning the report, just run ‘npm install’, do not install/upgrade any modules. There are too many dependencies and if you change one thing, it leads to another. I will clean it up when I have some time.