Cannot find module './encoding/utf8'

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Hello.

I am trying to use an older laptop for production to program Boron units. I had previously used this same laptop but now when trying to do anything with particle CLI to perform a particle flash firmware, I get the following error.
From the error.log file.

2023/05/30 15:12:51 node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1029
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module './encoding/utf8'
Require stack:

  • C:\Users\canlab\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\node_modules\chardet\index.js
  • C:\Users\canlab\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\node_modules\inquirer\node_modules\external-editor\main\index.js
  • C:\Users\canlab\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\node_modules\inquirer\lib\prompts\editor.js
  • C:\Users\canlab\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\node_modules\inquirer\lib\inquirer.js
  • C:\Users\canlab\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\src\app\ui.js
  • C:\Users\canlab\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\src\app\update-check.js
  • C:\Users\canlab\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\src\app\cli.js
  • C:\Users\canlab\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\src\index.js
  • C:\Users\canlab\AppData\Local\particle[eval]
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1026:15)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:871:27)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1098:19)
    at require (node:internal/modules/cjs/helpers:108:18)
    at Object. (C:\Users\canlab\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\node_modules\chardet\index.js:4:13)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1196:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1250:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1074:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:909:12)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1098:19)
    2023/05/30 11:12:51 Time since last update 24m16.1230176s, update in background

I have uninstalled Visual Studio Code and reinstalled it via Particle's website link. The install didn't complain.
This machine is running Windows 10 Pro, Version 22H2.

Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks.

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Hello! We recently updated the Node version used in the CLI. Please see the following post for more details on this and troubleshooting steps to follow.

Let me know if this helps!

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I renamed the folder found in AppData/Local and performed a new install and that seemed to work.

Thanks for the fast response.

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