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vitest --ui Error : listen EACCES: permission denied 127.0.0.1:51204

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Describe the bug

Working on windows, npx vitest --ui does not work and throw an error on launch :

Error: listen EACCES: permission denied 127.0.0.1:51204
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (node:net:1313:21)
    at listenInCluster (node:net:1378:12)
    at doListen (node:net:1516:7)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:84:21) {
  code: 'EACCES',
  errno: -4092,
  syscall: 'listen',
  address: '127.0.0.1',
  port: 51204
}

Reproduction

"devDependencies": {
    "@vitest/ui": "^0.14.2",
    "typescript": "^4.5.4",
    "vite": "^2.9.9",
    "vitest": "^0.15.1"
  }

System Info

System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.19044
    CPU: (8) ia32 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10300H CPU @ 2.50GHz
    Memory: 2.06 GB / 15.87 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.14.0 - C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node.EXE
    Yarn: 1.22.11 - ~\AppData\Roaming\npm\yarn.CMD
    npm: 8.3.1 - C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Browsers:
    Edge: Spartan (44.19041.1266.0), Chromium (102.0.1245.44)
    Internet Explorer: 11.0.19041.1566
  npmPackages:
    vite: ^2.9.9 => 2.9.12
    vitest: ^0.15.1 => 0.15.1

Used Package Manager

npm

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