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.

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

Cannot find module './encoding/utf8'

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morduno-particle May 30, 2023, 3:39pm 2

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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Cannot find module './encoding/utf8'

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