"office-addin-debugging" is not recognized as an internal or external command.

Hi, I’m following https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/quickstarts/excel-quickstart-jquery?tabs=yeomangenerator. I installed git, nodejs and npm and created the example with yo office. I’m having the following error:

PS C:\redacted\gits\test\test-1> npm start

> office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1 start C:\redacted\gits\test\test-1
> office-addin-debugging start manifest.xml

"office-addin-debugging" non è riconosciuto come comando interno o esterno,
 un programma eseguibile o un file batch.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1 start: `office-addin-debugging start manifest.xml`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\redacted\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-03-15T15_08_25_119Z-debug.log
PS C:\redacted\gits\test\test-1> ls

Content of C:\Users\redacted\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-03-15T15_08_25_119Z-debug.log

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [
1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
1 verbose cli   'start'
1 verbose cli ]
2 info using npm@6.13.4
3 info using node@v12.16.1
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1~prestart: office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1
6 info lifecycle office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1~start: office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1
7 verbose lifecycle office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1~start: PATH: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin;C:\redacted\gits\test\test-1\node_modules\.bin;C:\Python27\;C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Windows\System32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuPG\bin;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Infocert\DiKe 6\RAO;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Android;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Users\redacted\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Scripts\;C:\Users\redacted\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\;C:\Users\redacted\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Launcher\;C:\Users\redacted\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos SSL VPN Client\bin;C:\Users\redacted\.dotnet\tools;C:\Users\redactedv\AppData\Roaming\npm
9 verbose lifecycle office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1~start: CWD: C:\redacted\gits\test\test-1
10 silly lifecycle office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1~start: Args: [ '/d /s /c', 'office-addin-debugging start manifest.xml' ]
11 silly lifecycle office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1~start: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
12 info lifecycle office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1 start: `office-addin-debugging start manifest.xml`
13 verbose stack Exit status 1
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:332:16)
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:311:20)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:311:20)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:286:5)
14 verbose pkgid office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1
15 verbose cwd C:\redacted\gits\test\test-1
16 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.18362
17 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start"
18 verbose node v12.16.1
19 verbose npm  v6.13.4
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1 start: `office-addin-debugging start manifest.xml`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1 start script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Do I miss something? maybe in the installation procedure?

[Cuzbo]

Somehow this fixed it for me: Delete node_module and package-lock.json Add “office-addin-debugging”: “^3.0.34” (or “^4.3.14”) to devDependencies in package.json npm install npm start (as admin if needed)

[gustavhartz]

Had the same issue, but resolved it using

npm install -g office-addin-debugging
# cd into project if not already there
npm i