[ISSUE] Repeated self-destruct of particle CLI installation

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Hey Team,

I'm running the Particle Workbench through VSCode under Win10 Pro, and have been having a recurring issue about once every couple of months with the Particle CLI. Basically everything will be working as normal, then for no reason I can see, both the VS Code Extension and the CLI stops being able to flash my devices, either OTA or by USB, with an error that looks similar to this:

PS E:\Code\Repos\Brn404X\BoronInitTest\target\5.3.0\boron> particle flash XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX .\BoronInitTest.bin
Cannot find module 'core-js/library/fn/object/assign'
Require stack:
- C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\node_modules\babel-runtime\core-js\object\assign.js
- C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\node_modules\particle-api-js\lib\Particle.js
- C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\src\cmd\api.js
- C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\src\cmd\flash.js
- C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\src\cli\flash.js
- C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\src\cli\index.js
- C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\src\app\cli.js
- C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\particle\node_modules\particle-cli\src\index.js
- C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\particle\[eval]

I attempted a particle update-cli, and that returned Updating CLI... no plugins to update.

The fix in the past has been to uninstall and re-install the CLI and all the workbench addons. While this has been a usable workaround, it'd be great if there was something I could do that didn't cost me 1/2 an hour out of my day, as it always seems to crop up when there's an urgent bugfix I want to test. I've had to pull the trigger on the workaround again for today's failure, as I really needed to get this code out for testing, but for the next time it happens, if there's anything else I can try that'd be awesome.

Cheers all,
-- Dave Wood

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Hi @DKWood - I'll send this to our design team to take a look. Would you be willing to hop on a quick call potentially to discuss further?

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Hi Marek,

Thanks for reaching out, and apologies for the delayed reply, I've been somewhat under the pump here with other matters. I'd be happy to discuss when I can make a bit of time, probably later in the week. I'm Sydney (GMT+10) based, so time zones can be a bit of a challenge, but I'm sure we can align somewhere.

-- Dave

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Actually @jalbersr -> can you DM @DKWood to schedule a call later this week? Would love to have Ilse on as well, just to take a look at WB from a Design perspective.

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Looks like the same issue is getting me. Just out of the blue after Windows forced a restart overnight.

I have attempted "update-cli" with no luck

The un-install and reinstall all the workbench components also has not worked for me.

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@Support - mind taking a look?

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Is this your CLI or Workbench that's broken?

Could you maybe try the nuclear option and delete your particle directory?
It should be here: C:\Users<your username>\AppData\Local\particle and then try the installer again?

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I was not able to compile, I have info under this thread. I did have to nuke the particle directory and I am back up and running.